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Creators: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: TASCHEN
ISBN: 9783836584012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 624 pages
On Sale Date: 6/24/2021
Dimensions: 13.8 in H | 10.4 in W | 1.9 in T | 8.9 lb Wt
Wood is having a great renaissance in global architecture. How has this elemental material become so popular, from luxury hot spring buildings to modern urban renewal plans? With 100 projects from Chile to China, this global survey explores the technical, environmental, and sensory elements that have inspired a return to timber.
Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction.
This book explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, it celebrates the diverse deployment of wood by architects around the world. We see how wood can at once transform urban spaces, as in the Metropol Parasol in Seville by Jrgen Mayer H., and allow for sensitive interventions in natural environments, such as at the Termas Geomtricas Hot Springs Complex in Pucn, Chile, by Germn del Sol.
True to all TASCHEN architecture titles, the book pays tribute to many emerging international talents as well as to such renowned figures as Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano. It celebrates each architects vision and innovation, as well as investigating the techniques, trends, and principles that have informed their work with wood. It examines the computer-guided milling that has allowed for novel new forms, the responsible harvesting that allows wood to align with our environmental concerns, and, above all, woods enduring appeal to our senses and psyche, comforting hectic modern lives with a sense of Arcadian simplicity.
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