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Tall wood buildings : design, construction and performance / Michael Green, Jim Taggart.
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Green, Michael, 1966-
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English
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Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2017.
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176 pages ; 29 cm
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Architecture Library - Stacks
TA666 .G74 2017
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Building, Wooden
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Tall buildings
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Taggart, Jim
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Summary note
Tall Wood buildings' have been at the foreground of innovative building practice for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built or designed. This publication explains the typical construction types and documents an international selection of 13 case studies with many specially prepared construction drawings, demonstrating the range of the technology.
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Includes index.
Contents
Foreword / Andrew Waugh
Preface : Wood, a material for our time
Introduction : Wood, sustainability and climate change : Forests today ; Sustainable forest management ; The role of forests in the carbon cycle ; Carbon storage, wood substitution and embodied energy
Principles of tall wood buildings : Buildings taller with wood : Why not wood? ; Building codes ; Government policies and market incentives
Materials : Properties of wood ; Engineered wood products ; Adhesives
Structural systems : Load paths ; Load transfer ; Self-centering structures ; Uplift forces ; Structure and program
Building performance : Fire safety ; Acoustic performance ; Thermal performance
Design and construction : Off-site and on-site construction ; Integrated design
Technology : CNC manufacturing ; Connection systems ; Load transfer
Case studies : Panel systems : Bridport house, London, England ; Strandparken Hus B, Sundbyberg, Sweden ; Via Cenni social housing, Milan, Italy ; Woodcube, Hamburg, Germany ; Puukuokka housing block, Jyväskylä, Finland
Frame systems : Earth sciences building, Vancouver, Canada ; Tamedia head office, Zurich, Switzerland ; Bullitt Center, Seattle
Wood Innovation and Design Center, Prince George, Canada
Hybrid systems : Badenerstrasse mixed-use building, Zurich, Switzerland ; LCT One, Dornbirn, Austria ; 17-21 Wenlock Road mixed-use building, London, England ; Treet apartment building, Bergen, Norway
New visions, new heights
Glossary of terms and acronyms.
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ISBN
9783035604757 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
3035604754 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9783035604764
3035604762
LCCN
2016052847
OCLC
952978631
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