Il Legno per l'Architettura Lieve = Wood for Light Architecture

Loddo, Gianraffaele

2018-01-01

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Abstract

In recent decades the problems related to sustainability and energy saving have favoured the revisitation of wood as a building material. The present volume traces the linguistic and technical evolution that this material has undergone over the centuries. The analysis is conducted both through the interpretation of some models and archetypes developed from the diachronic and synchronic constructive culture, and with the exhibition of twenty significant contemporary projects that highlight and confirm the expressive modernity of the material. The publication is supplemented by a detailed bibliography, including a glossary related to the above-mentioned items, and analytic indices.