- Paperback: 508 pages
- Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; 1 edition (Sep 15 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3764371897
- ISBN-13: 978-3764371890
- Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 24.1 x 4.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #808,496 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This internationally prizewinning volume now appears in its second, revised and expanded edition. Since the first edition was published in 2005, it has been adopted as a textbook at many universities.
Organized into chapters on "Raw Materials/Building Materials (Modules)," "Building Components (Elements)," "Building Methods (Structures)," and "Buildings (Examples)," the book now includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass. The chapter on "Building Elements" now includes a discussion of facades, and the chapter on "Structures" has been expanded to cover "Principles of Space Creation." The examples section now includes extensive documentation of current projects whose systematic character is oriented around the production process.
Experience with the preceding edition has shown that the book has become an indispensable handbook for reference and reading not only for students and teachers but also for architects.
About the Author
Andrea Deplazes is a professor of architecture and construction at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich). As co-owner of the architectural firm Bearth + Deplazes in Chur, Switzerland, his renown extends far beyond Switzerland’s borders.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Great book, very poor edition...,
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This review is from: Constructing Architecture (Paperback)
This is a great book for students and architects alike but I would avoid this edition of this book at all costs. The copy I received was half the thickness stated in the description (the paper is very thin) and the printing is very poor. I have seen 2nd editions out there that have beautiful printing on very nice paper but for some reason this isn't the one. The drawings are so blurry that you often cannot even distinguish individual lines from each other, the whole book looks as though its been photocopied and rebound as economically as possible. Main distinguishing characteristics of this edition are a glossy cover, 1.25" thick and a lack of pale blue section pages. The 'real' version should have a matte cover, be about 2" thick and include the pale blue section pages. As it stands the drawings in this version are unreadable and completely useless and the printing of the text is uneven. I would suggest finding a used copy and verify with the seller which edition it is before buying!
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4.0 out of 5 stars (9 customer reviews) 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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Essential book for architecture students and teachers,
By J. I. Azpiazu "Ignacio Azpiazu" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures (Paperback)
The English title might be misleading--this book is not about 'construction', but rather about what the Germans call Baukunst, the art of construction, or the art of 'putting buildings together', considering the spatial order as an inseparable part of that putting things together.The book provides a structured approach to the basics of contemporary architectural composition, several essays introducing fundamental concepts and giving you the bibliography to go into them in detail (the key part is making them all fit into an overall framework, and pointing at the sources that normally take years to discover), and illustrate several remarkable buildings in remarkable detail, with excellent descriptions reaching a depth and quality of analysis unfortunately missing in typical architectural publications. Andrea Deplazes, the editor and author or co-author of many of the articles, teaches at the Zurich ETH (and I would guess the same must be true for the authors of most of the other articles), which for well over a hundred years has been one of the few true schools of architecture in the world. The book glows with the power of this accumulated knowledge developed in a true academic environment since the times of Semper. It also gives a glimpse at how the ETH consistently produces first class ordinary architecture, and for that matter first class extraordinary architecture too. This book will be of huge value to every architecture student, teacher, and architectural designer. I bought it by a fortunate mistake --I thought a construction book from the ETH was sure to be an excellent reference book on technology, and the mail delivered a treasure trove of architectural knowledge instead. 7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Great resource,
By Diana "Diana" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures (Hardcover)
I purchased this book for a construction class and as an architecture student, I find it very helpful. The book is not a construction how-to and the images are not very detailed nor are any of the images in color, but it is a compilation of a variety of architectural examples that use different or innovative construction methods. A great supplement to a studio course for inspiration and incorporating interesting structure into projects.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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The best student foundation book,
By curt dilger - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures (Paperback)
I have reviewed many attempts at a comprehensive description of the complex subject of architecture, and this is the best. This book is far better than the exhaustively recommended Francis Ching (all due respect), and even better than Unwin's Architectural Notebook, which is also excellent. This is the very first book I would recommend for any serious architecture student. It covers tectonics and construction in elegant detail but, even more importantly, this book delves into the conceptual intentions behind the tectonics, at every scale. Telling examples, well chosen, illuminate the ideas, and the case studies feature some of the finest contemporary architecture in the world today. Simply the best.
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