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Varying Form of Title: | Subtitle on cover: Design and technology of a sustainable architecture
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Other authors / contributors: | Lorente y Fern�andez, David.
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ISBN: | 9783034611787 3034611781 3034607482 9783034607483
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Notes: | Title from screen, viewed. Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary: | Traditionally a building material of hot climate zones in Asia and Latin America, bamboo is increasingly discovered by architects of the Northern hemisphere as well. It is lightweight, highly elastic and ductile, and in addition offers qualities especially in demand in an era of limited resources, renewability and abundant availability. Architects and engineers have significantly widened the applications of bamboo in recent years and today even wide-span bridges can be built from it. Impressed with its technical and aesthetic possibilities, European, Japanese and North American architects have.
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Other form: | Print version: 9783034611787
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