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  • Robot House by

    The next generation of architectural design is moving outside the box. Robotic arms are beginning to replace and advance now common digital fabrication technologies. Six-axis ...

    3 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Wood by

    Wood is a fresh, insightful and surprising look at the world's best timber architecture. With 170 structures from the last 1,000 years, Wood ...

    3 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Best of Detail Beton Concrete by

    Best of DETAIL: Concrete presents highlights from the magazine published in recent years about concrete, a powerful medium for architectural expression. In additional to compelling ...

    2 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Concrete: (Mini Format) by

    A visual exploration of the world's most extraordinary and inspiring concrete architecture - in a stylish and compact format. "Yes, concrete can be cold and ...

    due for release Sep 2017
  • 100 Contemporary Wood Buildings by
    due for release Sep 2017
  • Basics Building Technology by

    Basics Building Technology covers the fields of water supply and disposal, electric installations and energy-related subjects, i.e. heating, ventilation and lighting. The compendium combines ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Cultivated Building Materials: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction by

    The 21st century will face a radical paradigm change in how we produce construction materials - a shift towards cultivating, breeding, raising, farming, or growing future ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance by

    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 ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • The Fabric Formwork Book: Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete by

    Concrete is the most used man-made material in the world and is the fundamental physical medium for most of the world's architecture and construction ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Turning Point in Timber Construction: A New Economy by

    Faced with climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing population, society needs to rethink the way buildings are made. Wood is ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Complex Wood Structures by

    Wood is usually perceived as a traditional material. However, its properties make it possible to design complex origami-, ribbed-, and fabric structures. The wood laboratory ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • 100 Contemporary Wood Buildings by

    Timberland: The wooden structures of the 21st century Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Detail in Contemporary Timber Architecture by

    This book provides analysis of both the technical and the aesthetic importance of details in modern timber architecture. Featuring the work of renowned architects from ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Diagrid Structures: Systems, Connections, Details by

    Diagrids are advanced framing systems composed of diagonal steel grids. Developed a decade ago for spectacular buildings like the Swiss Re ("the Gherkin") in London ...

    1 in stock - ships Wed 23rd!
  • Mass to Membrane: Nic Goldsmith by

    In Mass to Membrane, Nic Goldsmith-principal of FTL Design Engineering Studio-presents the continuing evolution of building materials, from heavy stone structures to luminous, lightweight, flexible ...

    due for release Nov 2017
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