Libros de MADERA

Wood is the building material of the 21st century. Understanding this material and its potential requires us to recognize its ecological, technological and cultural-historical contexts. Touch Wood explores this potential, ...

This book - lavishly illustrated with plans, sketches, and photographs - emerged from an international educational cooperation of the University of Liechtenstein in Vaduz, the Norwegian University of Science and ...

The material timber has become particularly important for architecture in the light of the climate crisis and the search for environmentally friendly resources. This book describes the potentials of the ...

Over the last three decades, timber architecture has seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to the level of innovation, experimentation and environmental responsiveness it engenders. Designing Timber Buildings offers a ...

Wood is natures greatest resource, embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide. And it is ingenious as building material: remarkably malleable and at the same time resilient, ...

Wood is a fresh, insightful and surprising look at the world's best timber architecture. With 170 structures from the last 1,000 years, Wood features projects from some of the world's ...

Una obra que reúne muestras procedentes desde el Lejano Oriente hasta Europa occidental, incluyendo Estados Unidos. Se dedica una extensa investigación a la explicación de los aspectos técnicos y al ...

As a typical element of traditional Chinese architecture, wood was extensively used in urban design, building groups and single buildings in the past. Nowadays, modern timber architecture is emerging all ...

Recopilación de los mejores ejemplos con diferentes tipologías constructivas en segundas residencias, casas prefabricadas, cabañas, refugios, guarderías, cafés, etc. aunando diseño tradicional con modernas y vanguardistas soluciones. Armonía entre lo ...

This volume uncovers contemporary architecture and design s resurgent love affair with bamboo. Light, stiff, strong and incredibly fast growing, bamboo is a true super-plant, and in construction it is ...

Se le conoce como el acero vegetal. 50 proyectos que nos permitirán admirar su uso entre la estética tradicional y las vanguardias más contemporáneas. Planos, detalles constructivos, fotos generales y ...

This new professional resource covers the design and engineering relevance of timber grade, form and detail through: historical reference to forestry and building craftsmanship - the nature of wood and ...

Bamboo, one of the fastest-growing plants on earth, is best known to many people as the food of giant pandas - more significant, however, is its long tradition as a ...

The 'old' material of wood has been used to construct dwellings of different types since the dawn of mankind. And not without reason. Its low density combined with high rigidity, ...

El uso universal de la madera, historicamente y hasta nuestros dias, nos recuerda su excepcional contribucion a nuest4ras culturas y bienestar. Las extraordinarias propiedades fisicas de la madera se prestan ...

Los arquitectos y diseñadores utilizan la madera en construcción porque proporciona unas posibilidades de diseño exterior y decoración infinitas. En la actualidad, la gran variedad de maderas y el reciclaje ...

Este volumen recoge descripciones en seis idiomas de más de cien especies de árboles y arbustos de todas partes del mundo. Al mismo tiempo explora su utilidad como recurso renovable, ...

With its positive qualities and wide range of applications, wood excels in several areas: It meets the holistic evaluation criteria of sustainable construction and is perfect for outdoor use in ...