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Renaissance of a classic, innovative applications of fiber cement. This book introduces the technology of fiber cement and its material and architectural history and presents some thirky outstanding new and recent projects from Europe and the United States, practically organized by principal applications facade, roof, interior architecture, and object design.Fiber cement primarily known by the brand name Eternit in many countries has been enjoying a renaissance for a decade. Structures by Günter Behnisch, Bearth Deplazes, Coop Himmelblau, MVRDV, Morphosis, and many others exploit its tremendous formal and chromatic versatility at a time when elegant minimalism and flexible practicality are highly prized commodities in architecture. Also, the new generation of fiber cement slabs has air and water permeability characteristics that make it unrivaled for certain purposes. In ever expanding realms of home and workplace, it is also used for individual aesthetic design (e.g. interior house walls, exhibition architecture, and functional and industrial structures).§This book introduces the technology of fiber cement and its material and architectural history and presents some thirky outstanding new and recent projects from Europe and the United States, practically organized by principal applications facade, roof, interior architecture, and object design.

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Book category Books in English Technology, engineering, agriculture Civil engineering, surveying & building Building construction & materials

• Full title: Fibre Cement
• Subtitle: Technology and Design
• Author: Jan R. Krause
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 159
• EAN: 9783764375911
• ISBN: 3764375914
• ID: 01716829
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Berlin
• Weight: 1094 g
• Published: 2006

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