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Transparent plastics : design and technology / Simone Jeska.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (159 pages) : color illustrations, plansContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783764382872
  • 3764382872
  • 9786611960421
  • 6611960422
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Transparent plastics.DDC classification:
  • 721/.0449923 22
LOC classification:
  • TA668 .J47 2008eb
Other classification:
  • TU381
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.

Text in English, translated from the German.

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.

Print version record.

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.

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