Tall Wood Buildings: Design, Construction and Performance

✍ Scribed by Michael Green; Jim Taggart

• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 176
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Timber high-rises: a new urban element

Tall wood buildings have been at the foreground of innovative building practice in urban contexts for a number of years. From London to Stockholm, from Vancouver to Melbourne timber buildings of up to 20 storeys have been built, are under construction or being considered. This dynamic trend was enabled by developments in the material itself, prefabrication and more flexibility in fire regulations. The low CO2 footprint of wood - often regionally sourced - is another strong argument in its favour. This publication explains the typical construction types such as panel systems, frame and hybrid systems. An international selection of 13 case studies is documented in detail with many specially prepared construction drawings, demonstrating the range of the technology.

• Spectacular international case studies
• Specifically prepared construction drawings explain structural details
• Authors are experienced specialists for timber construction

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Foreword
Preface: Wood, A Material for Our Time
1. Introduction: Wood, Sustainability and Climate Change
Principles of Tall Wood Buildings
2. Building Taller with Wood
3. Materials
4. Structural Systems
5. Building Performance
6. Design and Construction
7. Technology
Case Studies
8. Panel Systems
9. Frame Systems
10. Hybrid Systems
11. New Visions, New Heights
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Index of Buildings, Names and Locations
Illustration Credits