Wood Houses
Subtitle: Spaces for Contemporary Living and Working
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; Birkhäuser Architecture
Published: September 3, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9783764370770
Subjects: Residential buildings, domestic buildings; Methods & Materials; Building, Wooden; Architecture; Architecture / General; Holzbauten; Neue Architektur; Non-Classifiable; Wohnen; Architecture, Domestic; Domestic; 20th century; History
Description: The renaissance of wood in architecture began in the early 1990s following the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. This volume documents in full technical detail some 25 timber buildings in three main areas: residential buildings, holiday homes, and living and working.