Research Catalog

Title

Sustainable timber design : construction for 21st century architecture / Michael Dickson and Dave Parker.

Author

Dickson, Michael (Engineer)

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.

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Additional Authors

Parker, Dave (Journalist)

Description

220 pages : illustrations, (color); 28 cm

Subjects

• Lumber
• Building, Wooden
• Sustainable construction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references ( pages 211-212) and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I MATERIALS AND PERFORMANCE -- 1.Understanding the material -- 1.1.Types of timber -- 1.2.Understanding the performance of wood -- 1.3.The durability and preservation of timber -- 1.4.Micromechanical performance of structural timber -- 1.5.The importance of moisture content -- 1.6.Difference between hardwoods and softwoods -- 1.7.Equilibrium moisture content -- 1.8.Timber supply chain -- 2.Certification of a sustainable product -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.Procuring legal and sustainable timber -- 3.Improving the material -- 3.1.Responsible preservation -- 3.2.Enhancing performance in fire -- 4.Advanced timber technology -- 4.1.Effective adhesives -- 4.2.Engineered timber -- 4.3.Modified timber -- pt. II DESIGN AND DETAILING -- 5.The opportunity of roundwood construction -- 5.1.Introduction -- 5.2.Buildings at Hooke Park -- 5.3.The prototype house -- 5.4.The workshop -- 5.5.Westminster Lodge student residence --
• Contents note continued: 5.6.Epoxy jointing techniques in the construction of Hooke Park -- 5.7.The use of eucalyptus for the secondary school, Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda -- 5.8.Case study: the Big Shed at Hooke Park, Dorset -- 6.Sawn timber -- 6.1.Introduction -- 6.2.Notes on the structural properties of softwoods -- 6.3.Domestic scale timber frame construction -- 6.4.The work of Walter Segal -- sawn softwood for domestic self build -- 6.5.Bensonwood design and build philosophy -- 6.6.Recycled pine planks at the Portsmouth Sailing Club, Hampshire -- 6.7.Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority HQ, Balloch, Scotland -- 6.8.Case study: Burr and Burton Academy, Vermont, USA -- 7.The renaissance of green oak construction -- 7.1.Introduction -- 7.2.Design in green oak -- 7.3.Overview of the engineering properties of green oak -- 7.3.1.Environmental -- 7.3.2.Density -- 7.3.3.Structural properties -- 7.4.The reconstruction of the Globe Theatre, London --
• Contents note continued: 7.5.The Studio, Bath, England -- 7.6.Use and reuse of oak structures in the future -- 8.Prefabrication for architectural structures -- 8.1.Introduction -- 8.2.Bishopstoko Infant School, Hampshire -- 8.3.West Totton School, Hampshire -- 8.4.Lamella roof structures in timber -- 8.5.Hounslow East Underground station -- 8.6.The Queen's Building, Emmanuel College, Cambridge -- 8.7.Case study: the Collyer-Fergusson Building, Sevenoaks, Kent -- 8.8.Case study: Chedworth Roman Villa, Gloucestershire -- 9.Arch forms -- 9.1.The potential of the glue-laminated arch -- 9.2.Telford College, Edinburgh -- 93.The Sheffield Winter Gardens -- 9.4.Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, Arkansas, USA -- 9.5.The Bodegas Protos Winery, Penafiel, Spain -- 10.Gridshells with small section timbers -- 10.1.Introduction -- 10.2.What is a timber gridshell? -- 10.3.Gridshells for the Multihalle, Bundesgartanschau, Mannheim, Germany --
• Contents note continued: 10.4.Weald and Downland Archive Store and Workshop, Sussex -- 10.4.1.Introduction -- 10.4.2.Selection, specification and validation of timber -- 10.4.3.Preparation of Laths -- 10.4.4.Site joints -- 10.4.5.Nodal connections, assembly and erection -- 10.5.Case study: Centre Pompidou -- Metz -- 11.Shells engineered in timber -- 11.1.Introduction -- 11.2.The Pods, Scunthorpe -- 11.3.The Forum roof, Exeter University -- 11.4.The Savill Garden Visitor Centre roof -- 11.4.1.Timber selection -- 11.4.2.The completed building -- 11.5.Crossrail station canopy at Canary Wharf, London -- 11.6.Case study: canopy for Crossrail station at Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London -- 12.Large panel structures -- 12.1.Introduction to Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) -- 12.2.The design potential of CLT -- 12.3.Design concepts -- 12.4.Dartington Primary School, Totnes, Devown -- 12.5.Case study: Dartington Primary School, near Totnes, Devon --
• Contents note continued: 12.6.Case study: The Open Academy, Norwich -- 12.7.The Graphite Apartments, Murray Grove, London -- 12.8.Case study: graphite apartments, Murray Grove, London -- 13.Advanced structures -- 13.1.Introduction -- 13.2.The Refectory, Norwich Cathedral Visitor Centre -- 13.3.Case study: Mossbourne Community Academy, Hackney, London -- 13.4.Case study: new office building for Tamedia, Zurich, Switzerland -- 14.Hybrid structures -- 14.1.What is a hybrid building? -- 14.2.Terminal roof, Cork Airport, Ireland -- 14.3.Courtyard roof, Portcullis House, Westminster, London -- 14.4.Visitor Centre, Alnwick, England -- 14.5.The John Hope Gateway Building, Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, Scotland -- 14.6.Case study: Hereford College Arts Space -- 14.7.Case study: The Skating Oval, Richmond, British Columbia -- pt. III CONNECTIONS -- 15.The development of timber connections -- 15.1.Introduction -- 15.2.Log to log connections --
• Contents note continued: 15.3.Mortise and tenon and dovetail connections -- 15.4.Wire nails, screws, dowels and pegs -- 15.5.Punched metal plate fixings -- 15.6.Metal connectors -- saw tooth, split ring and shear plate connectors -- 15.7.Glues and adhesives -- 15.8.Multi-screw connectors with multiple gussets or flitch plates -- 16.Engineering connections and their mechanics -- 16.1.The challenge of connection design -- 16.2.Connections for structures from CLT -- 16.3.Other design considerations -- 16.4.The merits of earlier permissible stress design methods -- 16.5.Connection design for the Police Training Academy -- 16.6.Notes on the mechanics of connectors.

ISBN

• 9780415468077 (hb : alk. paper)
• 0415468078 (hb : alk. paper)
• 9780415468084 (pb : alk. paper)
• 0415468086 (pb : alk. paper)
• 9781315774114 (ebook : alk. paper) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2014021401
• 99963055072

OCLC

• ocn308216979
• 308216979
• SCSB-5801685

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries