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Mark West - The Fabric Formwork Book: Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete - 9780415748865 - V9780415748865
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The Fabric Formwork Book: Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete

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Description for The Fabric Formwork Book: Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages, 398 colour illustrations, 394 colour illustrations, 4 colour line drawings. BIC Classification: AMC; AMD; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 277 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Concrete is the most used man-made material in the world and is the fundamental physical medium for most of the world's architecture and construction. The character of concrete is largely the product of the rigid moulds that have shaped it since its invention in antiquity. The advent of flexible moulds, however, marks a radical break from conventional practice - and conventional concrete architecture. The Fabric Formwork Book provides the first comprehensive handbook on the emerging technology of flexible moulds for reinforced concrete architecture. Written by the foremost expert in ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415748865
SKU
V9780415748865
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Mark West
Mark West is an artist, builder, professor of architecture, and inventor of numerous flexible mould techniques for concrete construction. He was the founding Director of the Centre for Architectural Structures and Technology (CAST) at the University of Manitoba, and is currently a visiting professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as teaching at other schools of architecture and ... Read more

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