TY - BOOK AU - Jeska,Simone TI - Transparent plastics: design and technology SN - 9783764382872 AV - TA668 .J47 2008eb U1 - 721/.0449923 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Basel, Boston PB - Birkhäuser KW - Plastics in building KW - Transparency in architecture KW - Buildings, Plastic KW - Matières plastiques dans la construction KW - Transparence en architecture KW - Constructions en plastique KW - ARCHITECTURE KW - Buildings KW - Public, Commercial & Industrial KW - bisacsh KW - Security Design KW - Project Management KW - cct KW - fast KW - Architektur KW - Kunststoff KW - Transparentes Material KW - Bildband KW - swd KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index; A brief history of plastic buildings -- Material and form: "Form follows material?" -- Transparent plastics between intellectualisation and trash culture -- Exhibition : BMW Bubble / ABB Architects, Bernhard Franken ; EBO Bolonga / MCA ; "Light Building" mobile pavilion / Atelier Kempe Thill ; Cyclebowl / Atelier Kemp Thill -- Residences : Apartments and studios in Cologne / B & K+ ; Naked house, Shigeru Ban ; Lucky drops / Architecture Studio Tekuto ; Housing project in London / Ash Sakula ; Cité Manifeste / Lacaton & Vassal ; House and studio in Almere / Arconiko ; Semi-detached houses in Müllheim / Pfeifer, Kuhn -- Culture and sports : Museum of Paper Art / Shigeru Ban ; Catholic Church Christus König in Radebeul / Staib Architects with Günter Behnisch ; DBU Conference and Exhibition Pavilion / Herzog + Partner ; Allianz Arena / Herzog & de Meuron -- Research : Gerontology Technology Centre, Bad Tölz / D.J. Siegert ; Rocket Tower / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners ; Festo AG Technology Centre / Jaschek & Partner ; Glasshouses, Graz / Volker Giencke N2 - Seit einigen Jahren entstehen ebenso attraktive wie ungewöhnliche Bauten aus Kunststoff. Das Material scheint vergänglich und trifft damit den Nerv der heutigen Zeit. Seine unterschiedlichen Qualitäten zwischen transparent und transluzent erlauben faszinierende Licht- und Farbeffekte. Zu den dargestellten Projekten gehören u.a. die Allianz-Arena oder der Rocket-Tower in Leicester UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=276496 ER -