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The innovative use of materials in architecture and landscape architecture : history, theory and performance

Title
The innovative use of materials in architecture and landscape architecture : history, theory and performance / Caren Yglesias.
Author
Yglesias, Caren.
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.

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Description
x, 206 pages; 26 cm
Summary
"The author's intent is to provide essential information useful both to those studying materials and methods of construction for the first time and to seasoned professionals concerned with advancing their design at a time when the consumption of natural resources and the consequences of wasteful practices are of urgent concern"--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Concrete -- Fire -- Metals -- Brick -- Ceramics -- Glass -- Water -- Stone -- Wood -- Earth -- Air -- Plastics -- Vegetation.
ISBN
  • 9780786470808 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 0786470801 (softcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2013051364
  • 99958408713
OCLC
  • ocn864097148
  • SCSB-5742073
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries