Construction Manual for Polymers + Membranes: Materials, Semi-Finished Products, Form Finding, Design

by Jan Knippers, Markus Gabler, Jan Cremers

Whether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical developments are constantly improving its material properties; at the same time, there is a growing new awareness of its potential as a construction material. While plastics used to be employed primarily...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034607334
• ISBN13: 9783034607339
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.4" x 12.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary