Designing Timber Buildings

By Fausto Sanna

Over the last three decades, timber architecture has seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to the level of innovation, experimentation and environmental responsiveness it engenders. Designing Timber Buildings offers a comprehensive overview of timber as a construction material, in addition to practical design guidance. A series of ten exemplary case studies of award-winning timber building from around the world inform and inspire the design process. Topics covered include: the physical and mechanical properties of wood; preservative treatments; modified timber and engineered-timber products; environmental aspects of timber buildings and finally, structural systems and constructional techniques, including timber frame, structural insulated panels and cross-laminated timber. This book is richly illustrated throughout with detailed drawings and photographs documenting projects from construction to completion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719840775
• ISBN13: 9780719840777
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.4" x 9.6"