Title & Author:

Touch wood : the rediscovery of a building material ; [text editing, Dirk Meyhöfer ; translation, Stephen Roche].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

[Berlin] : Braun, 2008.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Constructive : Birdwatching tower / gmp: Architekten von Gerkan, Marg, und Partner ; Cliff tree house / baumraum, Andreas Wenning ; Poolhouse / Min, Day ; Writing with Light House / Steven Holl Architects ; Service building, sports grounds / Mario Hägele ; Kupla: the bubble / HUT Wood Studio, Ville Hara, architect SAFA ; Viikki Church / JKMM Architects: Samuli Miettinen, Asmo Jaaksi, Teemu Kurkela, Juha Mäki-Jyllilä, Päivi Meuronen ; Information and visitor center, Renaissance Zoo at Schloss Raesfeld / Farwick + Grote, Architects & Urban Planners ; Children's day-care center / Wacker Zeiger Architekten ; Retirement and nursing home / Dietger Wissounig ; Revital Nussdorf / Architekturbüro Steinklammer ; Rucksack House / Stefan Eberstadt ; Espace Gruyère / O. Galletti & C. Matter with Yves Jaccot ; Montessori Werkhaus der Generationen (Generational Workshop) / Eberle Architekten ; "Arcadia" housing / Joachim Eble Architektur with Lasuveda Color Design Studio and Atelier Dreiseitl ; Representation Center of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to the Federation of Berlin / Thomas Pink, Petzinka Pink Architekten -- Skin : Limerick County Council Headquarters / Bucholz McEvoy Architects ; Pergola Residence / Matteo Thun & Partners ; Berkhan House / Markus Fischer Architekt ; Municipal forestry workshop / Architekturbüro Robert Albertin ; Samer Mösl Passive House / sps-architekten zt gmbh ; Youth and community center / Henchion + Reuter Architects ; House for everybody / KOHKI HIRANUMA, Hs WorkShop-ASIA ; Svartlamoen Housing / Brendeland & Kristoffersen arkitekter AS ; ILMASI School (special school for mentally disabled children) / Despang Architekten ; Palmwood House / Undercurrent architects ; Flydalsjuvet: tourist route / 3rw architects ; Conversion and extension of the Theodor-Heuss-Schule / Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Jörg-Henner Gresbrand ; Mimers Hus, cultural center and upper secondary school / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB ; Ahomansikka Housing / Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala Architects ; Casa Duplo / Stefano Tibiletti, Enrico Sassi ; Fire department and cultural center / cukrowicz nachbaur architekten with Siegfried Wäger ; SLM Residence / Jean-Charles CASTRIC -- architecte D.P.L.G. ; Apartment building / Halle 58 Architekten GmbH, Peter Schürch.
Rural : Orazietti/Bernadi Residence / BattersbyHowat ; Museum of Modern Art -- Bruno Gironcoli's sculpture house at Schloss Herberstein / Dipl. Ing. Hermann Eisenköck ; Experimental house / Dominic Stevens, Mari-Aymone Djeribi ; Steger Residence / Dr. Arch. Stefan Hitthaler ; Private home in Wellingsbüttel / Stefan Waselowsky Architekt ; Lackner-Tinnacher Winery / Rolf Rauner ; Amanogawa Bridge / Sami Rintala ; Haabakka extension / 3rw architects ; Wooden house / architektur_raum bauer sternberg ; Black Dog House / Atelier Bow-Wow ; Flower Valley Edu-Care Center / Eco Design Architects and Consultants ; Bonetti Residence / BattersbyHowat ; Wolfgang-Meier-House / Arc Architekten (Horst Biesterfeld, Manfred Brennecke, Christof Illig, Thomas Richter) -- Sculpture : Finnforest Modular Office (FMO) ; Helin & Co Architects: Pekka Helin, Peter Verhe and others ; Nussraum (nut room) / baumraum: Andreas Wenning ; T-Bone House / COAST GbR: Alexander Wendlik, Zlatko Antolovic ; Müritzeum science and visitor center / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB ; Graphite Apartments / Waugh Thistleton Architects, KLH UK, Techniker Ltd. ; Element House / Sami Rintala ; Wine Estate of Erwin Sabathi / Wemmers, Skacel architects ; Tree house / ARCHITEKTUR 109 ; Y-Cabin / Kengo Kuma & Associates ; Fuiks Eten en Drinken / Mill architecten ; House in Tunquen / Riesco + Rivera Arquitectos Asociados ; Huski Hotel / Elenberg Fraser ; BR House / Marcio Kogan with Bruno Gomes ; Hotel Kirkenes / Sami Rintala ; Tenerife School of Dramatic Arts / gyp arquitectos ; Yokohama International Port Terminal / Foreign Office Architects, Farshid Moussavi, Alejandro Zaera Polo.

Summary:

This is a presentation of 60 examples of the latest international architectural designs for which wood has been used extensively - both for its functional capabilities and its aesthetic appeal. It shows the innovative ways in which timber is currently being used, and the influence of new technologies on the field.

ISBN:

9783938780503 (hbk.)
3938780509 (hbk.)

Subject:

Building, Wooden.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Construction en bois.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Architecture, Modern

Form/genre:

architectural drawings (visual works)
Architectural drawings.
Dessins d'architecture.

Added entries:

Meyhöfer, Dirk.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291126
Call No.: BIB 234482
Status: Available