Basics Architecture: Construction and Materiality

✍ Scribed by Lorraine Farrelly

• Publisher: AVA Publishing
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 178
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The second book in the Basics Architecture series explores the materials used in construction today: stone and brick, concrete, timber, steel and glass, and composites. Reviewing the history of these materials puts them in context, revealing applications in both historical and contemporary architecture. Each chapter showcases the work of a master architect, such as Frank Lloyd Wright or Louis Kahn, whose work is associated with that material. Projects by such greats as Eric Parry, Caruso St. John, Zaha Hadid, Nicholas Grimshaw Architects, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Jean Nouvel, dRMM, and more are included. Practical and inspiring, Basics Architecture: Construction and Materiality is an invaluable resource for students and professionals alike.

✦ Table of Contents

Title page......Page 2
Copy right......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 7
How to get the most out of this book......Page 11
Brick and stone......Page 14
Timeline: brick and stone......Page 15
Origins and chronology......Page 17
Cultural and material context......Page 21
Application......Page 23
Grand master: Antonio Gaudí......Page 27
Woolf Architects | Brick Leaf House......Page 33
Eric Parry Architects | 30 Finsbury Square......Page 37
Concrete......Page 42
Timeline: concrete......Page 43
Cultural and material context......Page 49
Application......Page 51
Grand master: Tadao Ando......Page 55
Zaha Hadid | The Central Building......Page 61
Axel Schultes and Charlotte Frank |Baumschulenweg Crematorium......Page 65
Timber......Page 70
Timeline: timber......Page 71
Origins and chronology......Page 73
Cultural and material context......Page 77
Application......Page 79
Grand master: Edward Cullinan......Page 85
Sean Godsell | The Carter/Tucker House......Page 91
Glenn Howells Architects | The Savill Building......Page 95
Glass and steel......Page 100
Timeline: glass and steel......Page 101
Origins and chronology......Page 103
Cultural and material context......Page 107
Application......Page 109
Grand master: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe......Page 113
Foster+Partners | The McLaren Technology Centre......Page 119
Grimshaw Architects | Fundación Caixa Galicia......Page 123
Composite materials......Page 128
Timeline: composite materials......Page 129
Origins and chronology......Page 131
Cultural and material context......Page 135
Application......Page 137
Grand master: Charles Eames......Page 139
Stanton Williams Architects | House of Fraser, Bristol......Page 145
dRMM | The Kingsdale School......Page 149
Innovation, sustainability and the future......Page 154
Directions......Page 155
Innovation......Page 157
Sustainability......Page 161
The future......Page 165
Conclusion......Page 169
Samples panel......Page 171
Glossary and picture credits......Page 175
Acknowledgements......Page 177
Back Cover......Page 178