{"product_id":"the-new-wood-architecture","title":"The New Wood Architecture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis hardcover book considers thirty recently completed timber-built schemes by progressive architectural practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt looks at how the selected buildings have derived their special character from wood, in response to an assortment of intriguing briefs - including an Olympic hall, a textile museum, a painter's studio and a theatre. The author's argument - that wood is the building material of the future - is explored through five chapters, each defining a different aspect of the debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A new style' brings together the work of a generation of forward-looking architects who have rejected the high-tech and deconstructivist aesthetics of their predecessors and are instead using wood to design to the paired down legacy of such mentors as Herzog \u0026amp; de Meuron. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'New technology' looks at how advances in technology have enhanced the ease with which timber can be used as a building material - and shows how architects have employed this to their advantage. 'Green thinking' recounts the ingenious ways in which well thought-out wooden buildings have used wood to blur the boundaries between inside and out - with some startlingly beautiful results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, 'Reworking the vernacular' assesses the ways in which architects have used wood to re-work the traditional forms of buildings while remaining strongly rooted in a particular local culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Naomi Stungo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46347786944681,"sku":"9781856691284","price":14.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781856691284.jpg?v=1758255002","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-new-wood-architecture","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}