The innovative use of materials in architecture and landscape architecture : history, theory and performance / Caren Yglesias.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476614649 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Innovative use of materials in architecture and landscape architecture : history, theory and performance.DDC classification:
  • 691 23
LOC classification:
  • TA403.6 .Y49 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Concrete -- Fire -- Metals -- Brick -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Water -- Stone -- Wood -- Earth -- Air -- Plastics -- Vegetation.
Summary: "The author's intent is to provide essential information useful both to those studying materials and methods of construction for the first time and to seasoned professionals concerned with advancing their design at a time when the consumption of natural resources and the consequences of wasteful practices are of urgent concern"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Concrete -- Fire -- Metals -- Brick -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Water -- Stone -- Wood -- Earth -- Air -- Plastics -- Vegetation.

"The author's intent is to provide essential information useful both to those studying materials and methods of construction for the first time and to seasoned professionals concerned with advancing their design at a time when the consumption of natural resources and the consequences of wasteful practices are of urgent concern"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on print version record.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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