Aluminium architecture : construction and details / Hugues Wilquin.

Main entry:

Wilquin, Hugues.

Title & Author:

Aluminium architecture : construction and details / Hugues Wilquin.

Publication:

Description:

150 pages : illustrations (some color)

Notes:
Includes index.

Summary:

"Provides a systematic review of the applications of aluminium as a building material, explaining the properties of the metal in detail and highlighting the latest technical advances. A selection of 25 international, contemporary projects document the application of aluminium in loadbearing structures, facades, roofs and windows. Among the projects included are Toyo Ito's Aluminium House in Tokyo, Renzo Piano's Mercedes-Benz Design Center in Stuttgart, Dominique Perrault's Centre Technique du Livre and Norman Foster's Greenwich Transport Interchange."--Back cover.

ISBN:

3764364122 (alk. paper)
9783764364120 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Buildings.
Aluminum construction.
Architecture, Modern.
Constructions.
Construction en aluminium.
Architecture 20e siècle.
architecture (object genre)
Architektur
Aluminium
Architecture, Modern 20th century.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218950
Call No.: NA44.W7445.A35 2001
Status: Available

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