Nanotechnology is widely regarded as one of the twenty-first century s key technologies, and its economic importance is sharply on the rise. In architecture and the construction industry it has potentials that are already usable today, especially the coating of surfaces to lend them functional chara
Nano Materials: in Architecture, Interior Architecture and Design
✍ Scribed by Sylvia Leydecker (auth.)
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 192
- Category
- Library
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✦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages 1-11
What is nanotechnology?....Pages 12-19
The development of nanotechnology....Pages 20-25
Carbon — new morphologies....Pages 26-31
General market developments....Pages 32-33
Nanoproducts....Pages 34-39
Form Follows Function?....Pages 40-41
Ecology and economics....Pages 42-43
Is the devil in the dwarfs?....Pages 44-49
Nanotechnology and product design....Pages 50-55
Functions and applications....Pages 56-57
Front Matter....Pages 58-63
Ara Pacis Museum....Pages 64-65
Commercial building....Pages 66-67
Private residence....Pages 68-69
Strucksbarg housing....Pages 70-71
Front Matter....Pages 72-77
Muhammad Ali Center MAC....Pages 78-79
Hyatt Regency Garden Chapel....Pages 80-80
Narita International Airport of Tokyo, Terminal 1....Pages 81-81
AKT - Am Kaiser’s Turm....Pages 82-82
east Hotel....Pages 83-83
G-Flat....Pages 84-85
Front Matter....Pages 72-77
Kurakuen private residence....Pages 86-86
Senri New Town private residence....Pages 87-87
House in Creek....Pages 88-88
Disabled-access housing for elderly people....Pages 89-89
MSV Arena soccer stadium....Pages 90-90
Children’s playground in the Mannou National Government Park....Pages 91-91
Front Matter....Pages 92-97
Science to Business Center Nanotronics & Bio....Pages 98-99
Kaldewei Kompotenz-Center (KKC)....Pages 100-101
Private residence....Pages 102-103
Modern Classicism....Pages 104-105
Urban lounge / Light bubbles....Pages 106-107
Front Matter....Pages 108-113
Atelier and villa for a calligrapher....Pages 114-115
Paving for Leien Boulevard....Pages 116-116
Jubilee Church, La Chiesa del Dio Padre Misericordioso....Pages 117-117
Anti-fogging....Pages 118-119
Fragrance capsules....Pages 120-121
Front Matter....Pages 122-124
Sonnenschiff centre....Pages 125-125
Seitzstrasse mixed-use building....Pages 126-127
Front Matter....Pages 128-131
County Zoo....Pages 132-132
School extension....Pages 133-133
Front Matter....Pages 128-131
Sports Hall....Pages 134-134
Factory....Pages 135-135
Front Matter....Pages 136-140
“Sur Falveng” housing for elderly people....Pages 141-141
UV protection....Pages 142-143
Solar protection....Pages 144-145
Front Matter....Pages 146-147
Deutsche Post headquarters....Pages 148-149
Waverley Gate....Pages 150-151
Front Matter....Pages 152-155
New Centre Ulm....Pages 156-157
Hofjäger Palais....Pages 158-159
Anti-reflective....Pages 160-161
Front Matter....Pages 162-165
Housing estate....Pages 166-167
Operating theatre....Pages 168-168
Operating theatre....Pages 169-169
Patient’s hospital room prototype....Pages 170-171
Anti-fingerprint....Pages 172-175
Scratchproof and abrasion-resistant....Pages 176-177
The holistic application of nanosurfaces in interiors....Pages 178-179
Back Matter....Pages 180-192
✦ Subjects
Basics of Construction; Interior Architecture; Industrial Design
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