TY - BOOK AU - Lennartz,Marc Wilhelm AU - Jacob-Freitag,Susanne ED - Thrift, Philip TI - New architecture in wood: forms and structures. SN - 9783035604542 AV - NA4110 L45713 2016 U1 - 721/.0448 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Basel PB - Birkhäuser KW - Building, Wooden KW - History KW - 21st century KW - Architecture, Modern KW - Architecture/ Buildings / Public, Commercial & Industrial KW - Architecture KW - Project Management KW - ARCHITECTURE / Security Design N1 - 7 Preface -- 8 Looking for the origins of modern timber construction -- 17Public buildings -- 18 WIPO conference hall, Geneva -- 26 Elephant house, Zurich -- 35 Commercial buildings -- 36 G3 Shopping Resort, Gerasdorf -- 42 Warehouse, Philippsburg -- 48 Railway operations centre, Laubenbachmühle -- 54 Organic supermarket, Windhof -- 60 Casa Salute, Margreid -- 67 Sports and leisure facilities -- 68 Sports hall, Sargans -- 74 Indoor rollerblade arena Geisingen -- 80 Acquaworld, Concorezzo -- 86 Les Thermes, Strassen -- 92 Multifuction stadium, Nice -- 101 Multi-storey buildings -- 102 LCT One, Dornbirn, and IZM, Montafon -- 110 Apartament building, Wagramer Strabe, Vienna -- 116 Canols staff hostel, Lenzerheide -- 122 Wäldershaus, Hamburg -- 128 Woodcube, Hamburg -- 135 Infill developments and additional storeys -- 136 c13, Berlin -- 144 TM50, Nuremberg -- 151 Special structures -- 152 Wooden church, Eiterfeld-Unterrufhausen -- 158 Overmeyer organic farm, Seevetal -- 164 Viewing tower, Pyramidenkogel, Keutschach am See -- 170 Wildlife overpass, Luckenwalde -- 176 Airport expansion, Oslo -- 182 Picture credits -- 183 The authors -- N2 - "Building with wood is currently enjoying a comeback. The reasons for the return of this ancient construction material are manifold. More than just being a renewable material that stores the carbon dioxide so damaging to the climate, it also has excellent structural properties, creates an ideal interior climate, and is easily combined with all other common building materials. The diverse applications can draw on expertise with wooden structures gained over centuries plus current research into modern timber engineering. Significant new developments in this specialist discipline have been seen in recent decades, especially in the German-speaking countries. The twenty-four international projects in this book outline the diversity now possible in contemporary timber construction and highlight the advantages of wood over conventional forms of building. Texts, photographs, and drawings reveal both the architectural and engineering qualities of these modern timber structures - from design concepts to load-bearing aspects to design"--Back cover ER -