Timber gridshells : architecture, structure and craft /

Chilton, John

Timber gridshells : architecture, structure and craft / John Chilton and Gabriel Tang. - xxii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : shells with holes -- Early gridshells -- Second-generation deployable gridshells (post-Mannheim) -- Ribbed gridshells -- Alternative materials and systems -- Recent small-scale projects and research experimentations -- Made to measure : digital fabrication -- Current practice.

9781138775299 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781138775305 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2016013999


Building, Wooden.
Grillages (Structural engineering)

NA4110 / .C44 2017

624.1 CHI