Tall Wood Buildings : Design, Construction and Performance.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (176 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface: Wood, A Material for Our Time -- 1. Introduction: Wood, Sustainability and Climate Change -- Principles of Tall Wood Buildings -- 2. Building Taller with Wood -- 3. Materials -- 4. Structural Systems -- 5. Building Performance -- 6. Design and Construction -- 7. Technology -- Case Studies -- 8. Panel Systems -- 9. Frame Systems -- 10. Hybrid Systems -- 11. New Visions, New Heights -- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index of Buildings, Names and Locations -- Illustration Credits.