Wonder wood :a favorite material for design, architecture, and art
Basel
Birkhauser Architecture
2013
295 pages : illustrations )chiefly color( ; 29 cm
Includes bibliographical references )page 294( and index
Barbara Glasner, Stephan Ott
Introduction : In the wonderland of wood -- Projects and processes: contemporary projects, products, experiments, making-ofs, and new dimensions for wood in design, architecture, and art -- Material and technology guide: elementary principles and innovative developments in the areas of wood and wood-based materials, production processes, and construction principles in timber building : I. Material : Wood: definition and characteristics ; Solid wood ; Veneer ; Wood-based materials -- II. Technology: production processes : Reshaping ; Separating ; Joining ; Coatings ; Changing the characteristics of materials -- III. Technology: the principles of timber construction : Timber frame construction ; Solid timber construction ; Natural building processes