Transparent plastics : design and technology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jeska, Simone
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Text in English, translated from the German.
Published:	Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2008]
Subjects:	Buildings, Plastic. Plastics in building. Transparency in architecture. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A brief history of plastic buildings
Material and form: "Form follows material?"
Transparent plastics between intellectualisation and trash culture
Exhibition : BMW Bubble / ABB Architects, Bernhard Franken ; EBO Bolonga / MCA ; "Light Building" mobile pavilion / Atelier Kempe Thill ; Cyclebowl / Atelier Kemp Thill
Residences : Apartments and studios in Cologne / B & K+ ; Naked house, Shigeru Ban ; Lucky drops / Architecture Studio Tekuto ; Housing project in London / Ash Sakula ; Cité Manifeste / Lacaton & Vassal ; House and studio in Almere / Arconiko ; Semi-detached houses in Müllheim / Pfeifer, Kuhn
Culture and sports : Museum of Paper Art / Shigeru Ban ; Catholic Church Christus König in Radebeul / Staib Architects with Günter Behnisch ; DBU Conference and Exhibition Pavilion / Herzog + Partner ; Allianz Arena / Herzog & de Meuron
Research : Gerontology Technology Centre, Bad Tölz / D.J. Siegert ; Rocket Tower / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners ; Festo AG Technology Centre / Jaschek & Partner ; Glasshouses, Graz / Volker Giencke.