Title & Author:

Brick : an exacting material / Amsterdam Academy of Architecture, Jan Peter Wingender (ed.) ; translation: Richard Glass and Mark Speer ; drawings: Laura Achterberg, Elizabeth Bonavera, Narda Beunders, Jesse de Bosch-Kemper, Pascal Heenbergue, Marjan van Herpen, Margot van der Honet, Monique Hutschenmakers, Mark Keizer, Matic Pajnik, Femke Poppinga, Ivar van der Zwan.

Publication:

Amsterdam : Architectura & Natura Press, [2016]

Description:

352 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
An Exacting material: tectonics in comtemporary Dutch brick Architecture -- Facing the city. Brick city; The return of brick and caftsmanship in Dutch urbanism; The city tells stories; Brickwork Amsterdam -- Tectonics of cladding. The tectonics of brick architecture -- Legislation and brickwork façades in a historical perspective; Brick: on size, scale, and order; On the eye and the mind; Giving the act of making its own place -- Brick dresses. Brick dresses, introduction; Standard brickwork façades; Self-supporting brickwork façades; Brickwork façades with prefabricated elements; Prefabricated brick façades -- Appendix.

Summary:

The book offers a colourful palette of insights and inspiration, which go hand in hand with an account at the interface of education, theory and practice. Brick. An exacting material, tectonics in contemporary Dutch brick architecture contains many drawings and photo's.

ISBN:

9789461400277 (cloth)
9461400276 (cloth)
9789461400284
9461400284

Subject:

Building, Brick Netherlands.
Bricks.
Brickwork.
Construction en brique Pays-Bas.
Briques.
Briquetages.
Building, Brick.
Mauerwerk
Netherlands

Added entries:

Wingender, Jan Peter, 1965- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292804
Call No.: BIB 237310
Status: Available