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Building with bamboo /

Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Minke, Gernot
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Español
Publicado: Basel : Birkhäuser, ©2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significantly widened the applications of bamboo in recent years and today even wide-span bridges can be built from it. Impressed with its technical and aesthetic possibilities, European, Japanese and North American architects have.
Notas:Title from screen, viewed.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783034611787
3034611781