Research Catalog

Title

Building the wooden house : technique and design / Konrad Wachsmann ; with new contributions of Christa & Michael Grüning and Christian Sumi ; translation by Peter Reuss.

Author

Wachsmann, Konrad, 1901-1980.

Publication

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, ©1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grüning, Michael.
• Sumi, Christian.

Description

27, 141 pages : illustrations; 30 cm

Summary

"The past decade has witnessed especially among the younger generation of architects - a resurging interest in building with wood. The discourse on the potentials of this material has in no small measure been influenced by Konrad Wachsmann's classic Holzhausbau. And yet, surprisingly, this standard work (originally published in 1930) was out of print for many years. Now, following the recent new edition of Wendepunkt im Bauen (Turning Point of Building), Holzhausbau is again available. The English translation, Building the Wooden House, appears here for the first time." "Wachsmann demonstrates how new forms can be achieved when modern manufacturing processes are adapted to the traditional building material wood. In a prefatory text he presents three totally different building techniques: the wood frame, the panel, and the log house methods. Wachsmann then illustrates their wide range of application possibilities by analysing plans and photographs of work of some of the century's most renowned architects: May, Poelzig, Schmitthenner, Sharoun, and van der Velde. Most illustrious among the clients was Albert Einstein, for whom Wachsmann built a country home near Berlin." "Two introductory essays enable the reader to take new hold of the book. Michael Gruning, journalist and author of the Wachsmann Reports, offers a biographical sketch and an impression of the times in which Wachsmann lived and worked. The Swiss architect Christian Sumi discusses Wachsmann's undiminished relevance to architecture today."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Holzhausbau. English

Alternative Title

Holzhausbau.

Subject

• Building, Wooden
• House construction
• Dwellings > Design and construction
• Dwellings > Design and construction
• Building, Wooden
• House construction
• Woningbouw
• Hout
• Bouwmaterialen

Note

• Originally published: Berlin : Ernst Wasmuth, 1930.

Contents

General -- The on-site wood frame method -- The panel method -- The log house method -- Large, non-residential buildings of wood -- [Pt. 1] The on-site wood frame method -- Children's home in Spremberg, Konrad Wachsmann, architect -- A rowhouse, southern exposure, G. Lüdecke, architect -- The Leupniz housing development, Neuostra near Dresden, Prof. Oswin Hempel, Eugen Schwemmle, architects -- Prof. Albert Einstein's country home, K. Wachsmann, architect -- Tourist hotel on the Zugspitze, Engineering Office, AEG -- Residence on the Rupenhorn near Berlin, Prof. Karl Bertsch, arch. -- Sanitarium, Oberkaufungen near Kassel -- Earth Sciences Institute, Ratibor, K. Wachsmann, architect -- Beach hotel on the Hengsteysee, City Building Councillor (retired) Hans Strobel, architect -- Several individual units, Dresden, Prof. Hans Poelzig, Eugen Schwemmle, architects -- A plaster and wood frame house, Prof. Paul Schmitthenner, arch. -- Dance pavilion, Leipzig, Professor Karl Bertsch, architect -- Gymnasium, City Building Councillor May, Hans Zimmermann, architects -- [Pt. 2] The panel method -- Restaurant in Magdeburg, Prof. Albinmüller, architect -- Single-storey residence, Prof. Hans Scharoun, architect -- Large villa in Holland, Prof. vand de Velde, architect -- Single-family residence, Prof. Bruno Paul, architect -- Rehearsal hall for the ballet company of the Berlin State Opera, Géza Loerincz, H.S. Zschimmer, architects -- Office building, B.V.G. Berlin, K. Wachsmann, architect -- Youth Hostel in Silesia, Peter Paul Friedrich, architect -- Summer home, Professor Hans Poelzig, Berlin, architect -- Tennis court pavilion, Berlin, K. Wachsmann, architect -- Classrooms, Christoph & Unmack A.G., Niesky, Silesia -- [Pt. 3] The log house method -- Director's residence in Niesky, K. Wachsmann, architect -- Single-family residence in Stuttgart, Hans Zimmermann, architect -- Housing development in Dresden-Prohlis, Building Director Oertel, architect -- Individual units.

ISBN

• 3764351349
• 9783764351342
• 0817651349
• 9780817651343

LCCN

95003222

OCLC

• ocm31901362
• 31901362
• SCSB-2069824

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library