Loading... Please wait...

My basket contains:

0 items £0.00

View Basket

£29.95

Add to basket
Price in Euros €36.01
Price in USD $47.34
Select your currency
Calculated price

FREE UK Postage for online orders over £60

Terms and conditions apply

Magic Metal

  • Format: Book

  • Pages: 256

  • Publisher: Verlagshaus Braun

  • Date Published: Nov 2007

  • Stock Code: 62585

  • Binding: Hardback

Average Rating: Be the first to rate this product!
Your Rating:
Total rating: 0 out of 5
Total votes: 0

Description

Quality, durability and beauty are the attributes that have given metal its great appeal. Inspired by the unique amd differentiated characteristics of metal, architects and designers have created buildings that are both elegant and dynamic. Richly illustrated with photographs and architectural plans, Magic Metal features around 70 outstanding projects by world-famous architects such as Frank Gehry, Toyo Ito and Renzo Piano, as well as innovative work from younger architects. The publication focuses on how steel and aluminum have been developed for constructional purpose in modern high-tech buildings as well as onnew ways of using archaicmaterials such as copper and zinc.

Related Items



Architectural Metal Surfaces Book by  book cover | Buy Architectural Metal Surfaces from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Architectural Metal Surfaces

Architectural Metal Surfaces demonstrates techniques for achieving a variety of surface effects through the application of texture, colour...

£70.00

Add to basket
Steel Design Book by  book cover | Buy Steel Design from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Steel Design

Architecture has advanced quickly in the field ofconstructive materials, which are fundamental when fulfilling dreams of raising massive buildings...

£22.50

Add to basket
Architectural Metal Surfaces Book by  book cover | Buy Architectural Metal Surfaces from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Architectural Metal Surfaces

Architectural Metal Surfaces demonstrates techniques for achieving a variety of surface effects through the application of texture, colour...

£70.00

Add to basket
Steel Design Book by  book cover | Buy Steel Design from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Steel Design

Architecture has advanced quickly in the field ofconstructive materials, which are fundamental when fulfilling dreams of raising massive buildings...

£22.50

Add to basket
Steel and Beyond Book by  book cover | Buy Steel and Beyond from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Steel and Beyond: New Strategies for Metals in Architecture

Metal opens up a vast range of fascinating possibilities in today's building industry. Here the latest technical processes are presented together...

£15.90

Add to basket
Detail Practice Building with Steel Book by  book cover | Buy Detail Practice Building with Steel from the RIBA Bookshops bookstore

Detail Practice Building with Steel: Principles, Details, Examples

Readers with a professional interest in steel engineering will find this brilliant book a handbook for quick, goal-oriented reading and...

£32.00

Add to basket

Post a Review

You need to be logged in to post a review

Recently Viewed