Plastics in Building Construction
Author: Robert Mervyn Davies
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 184
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Author: Robert Mervyn Davies
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 184
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stephan Engelsmann
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-11-05
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 3034611943
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlastics are high-performance materials of wide use in the built environment. Their versatile technical properties are particularly fascinating. A broad range of form-giving and finishing processes makes plastic especially interesting for complex geometries in combination with digital planning processes. Following the pioneering plastic structures of the 1970s, a number of spectacular buildings have in recent years highlighted the outstanding technical and aesthetic potential of the material. Until now, however, there has been no systematic treatment of the use of plastic in architecture. This book seeks to fill that gap by providing an introduction to the structural and design possibilities of plastic. It introduces the material and its specific characteristics, describes various types of plastic in terms of their relevance for building, explains processing technologies and presents typical products and components. A concise presentation of twenty-five international built projects – organized by the type of application and the plastic involved – documents the broad range of plastic in architecture. Finally, a look ahead at the future describes the current state of the art in materials research.
Author: Conference on Plastics in Building Construction. Battersea College of Technology
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Published: 1965
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Conference on Plastics in Building Construction, Battersea College of Technology, 1964
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jan Knippers
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Published: 2012-12-17
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 3034614705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether it be as translucent sheets, broadly stretched membranes, and inflated foil cushions or in graceful, organic curves, architecture today is utilizing plastics in the most disparate forms and for a wide variety of purposes. Innovative technical developments are constantly improving its material properties; at the same time, there is a growing new awareness of its potential as a construction material. While plastics used to be employed primarily as an inexpensive variant on traditional building materials, they are increasingly regarded in the construction world today as a serious and viable alternative, be it as supporting structures, roofs, facades, or elements of interior design and decoration. Thanks in large part to this inherent self-sufficiency, plastics are currently enjoying an unprecedented surge in popularity, even among the international architectural avant-garde – as multiwall sheets or corrugated, fiber-reinforced panels, or as filling between glass panes. And the new generation of ecological bioplastics also pays tribute to the debate on sustainability, ridding plastics of their lingering reputation as environmental offenders. From the history of plastics and membranes in architecture to their material properties and requirements in construction and design, the Plastics and Membranes Construction Manual cuts to the chase, providing the kind of solid and comprehensive overview of the subject that readers have come to expect from the Im DETAIL series. Selected project examples round off the reference work and make it indispensable for the day-to-day life of the professional planner and for every architecture library.
Author: Joseph W. Burris
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Published: 1960
Total Pages: 160
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Irving Skeist
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 488
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe evaluation and use of plastics in the construction industry are explained. The contributors offer extensive, timely, and thoroughly researched data on the chemistry, properties, functions, engineering behavior, and specific applications of plastics to building requirements. The major subjects discussed in depth are--(1) the role of plastics in construction, (2) the plastic materials, (3) building codes and regulations, (4) construction aids, (5) structural fiber-glass reinforced plastics, (6) reinforced plastic shell structures, (8) paints, sealants, flooring, and roofing, (9) plastic for walls and doors, (10) plastic foams in thermal insulation, (11) pipe and plumbing, (12) utilities, (13) lighting, (14) permanent fixtures, and (15) the use of plastics in other countries. (Tc)
Author: Michael Bell
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2014-04-15
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781616891664
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost every industry in the world has benefited from the invention of plastics, but it is only in the recent past that they have begun to be appreciated as architectural materials in their own right. Plastics are quickly becoming one of the most ubiquitous materials in construction and have the potential to reshape the roles of architects and engineers, as well as the construction industry at large. As a building material, plastic allows for easily molded and formed shapes, leading to increasingly malleable design processes. Despite being the most deeply engineered building materials today, plastics are still in the nascent stages of understanding in terms of their potential applications and uses. In Permanent Change an interdisciplinary group of architects, historians, theorists, and engineers collectively explore the past, present, and future possibilities of this innovative building material.
Author: Güneri Akovalı
Publisher: iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9781859574683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a good basic guide to the polymers that are used in the construction industry. The types of polymers that can be used are discussed and specific applications are also covered. There is also a very comprehensive section on the health and safety aspects of using polymers in buildings.
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 65
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