The Fabric Formwork Book: Methods for Building New Architectural and Structural Forms in Concrete

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 the field, this book takes a comprehensive and generous approach that includes technical, historical and theoretical aspects of the subject. The book: <ul>
<li>concentrates on simple flat-sheet formworks</li> <li>contains detailed technical descriptions of how to construct a wide range of formworks for various applications</li> <li>features case studies from around the world</li> <li>critiques the difficulties and advantages in each case it covers </li> <li>provides instruction and guidance on how to model and design fabric-formed structures</li> <li>includes the most comprehensive history of fabric formwork yet published</li> <li>features essays from guest expert authors, which explore the theoretical, historical, and poetic significance of flexibly formed architecture and structures</li> <li>discusses fabric formwork as an exemplary approach to sustainable construction through its simplicity and efficiency.</li> </ul> Beautifully designed and illustrated with a superb range of images, diagrams and technical drawings, the book both informs and inspires. Speaking directly and plainly to professionals, students and academics, the language used is both clear and precise, and care is taken to avoid opaque technical or academic jargon. Technical terms, when used, are clearly described and a special glossary is included to make the book as widely accessible as possible.

Arts & Photography

West, Mark

Architecture

Routledge

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 the field, this book takes a comprehensive and generous approach that includes technical, historical and theoretical aspects of the subject. The book: <ul>
<li>concentrates on simple flat-sheet formworks</li> <li>contains detailed technical descriptions of how to construct a wide range of formworks for various applications</li> <li>features case studies from around the world</li> <li>critiques the difficulties and advantages in each case it covers </li> <li>provides instruction and guidance on how to model and design fabric-formed structures</li> <li>includes the most comprehensive history of fabric formwork yet published</li> <li>features essays from guest expert authors, which explore the theoretical, historical, and poetic significance of flexibly formed architecture and structures</li> <li>discusses fabric formwork as an exemplary approach to sustainable construction through its simplicity and efficiency.</li> </ul> Beautifully designed and illustrated with a superb range of images, diagrams and technical drawings, the book both informs and inspires. Speaking directly and plainly to professionals, students and academics, the language used is both clear and precise, and care is taken to avoid opaque technical or academic jargon. Technical terms, when used, are clearly described and a special glossary is included to make the book as widely accessible as possible.

Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences provides readers with an understanding and appreciation for the design and analysis of mixed models for non-normally distributed data. It is the only publication of its kind directed specifically toward the agricultural and natural resources sciences audience. Readers will especially benefit from the numerous worked examples based on actual experimental data and the discussion of pitfalls associated with incorrect analyses.

Analysis of Generalized Linear Mixed Models in the Agricultural and Natural Resources Sciences (ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Books)

Science & Math

Kramer, Matthew

Stroup, Walter W.

Gbur, Edward E.

McCarter, Kevin S.

Durham, Susan

Young, Linda J.

Christman, Mary

Biological Sciences

ACSESS

Complete Concordance to the French Poetry and Prose of John Gower

Yeager, R.F.

Colleagues Pr

Polly had walked out, leaving her cheating husband and hollow marriage behind, taking only the case she'd already packed - everything else could wait. She flew to Paris to visit Notre Dame and open the next chapter in her life. Dale be dammed. And Paris was everything she needed and more. The grandeur of the ancient city, the Seine and the people. This was the start of something special. Something new. But why did she keep running into a strange man? She had named him Mr Creepy because his smile made her skin crawl. It was probably her imagination, but still... And now she had made new friends, like Katrina and Francois. Never mind their stories about a 'neck-tie murderer' stalking the backstreets of Paris. She was going to have fun. Plain and simple. What could possibly go wrong?

Polly

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

Stormblade Productions

Sermons on different subjects, but chiefly describing the graces and virtues which are indispensably required by the Gospel, in all good Christians. By the Rev. Mark West, ...

History

World

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

Strange Tales

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

lulu.com

Michael struggles to come to terms with the death of his wife. He has visions of her calling to him, inviting him to the beyond.At the Bereaved Partners' Group, he learns that he is not the only one left behind who can hear the departed beckon them... to the Mill.This Greyhart Press eBook is a novelette, a book for people on the go. It's longer than a short story but brief enough to read in one extended sitting.What others are saying about The Mill:"West's writing manages to be both upliftingly happy and in the same moment breathtakingly sad." - The Eloquent Page"...this one grabs your heart-strings and twists them like a knife." - Matthew Fryer's Hellforge

The Mill

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A shadowy figure glimpsed in the darkness on a deserted beach.A monstrous presence on the last train home.A stick-figure puppet which mysteriously appears in the night.All of these, and more, are to be found within the pages of the new collection from Mark West. With an introduction by Johnny Mains and containing eighteen stories spanning his writing career so far, including two previously unpublished tales, Things We Leave Behind is a haunting compilation in which the ordinary and the supernatural combine to devastating effect.

Things We Leave Behind

This casebook on Japanese law has been specially designed for ease of use and theoretical versatility. Heavily edited cases, statutes, and articles canvass a wide range of intriguing problems and theoretical perspectives. Professors will find that it facilitates a variety of analyses and approaches to a given question ; whether sociological, anthropological, or approaches based on law and economics. The book allows for in-depth coverage of a diverse range of substantive areas of law, from torts, criminal law, and contracts to employment and corporate law.

The Japanese Legal System, 2d (University Casebook Series)

Ramseyer, J.

Milhaupt, Curtis

Foreign & International Law

Foundation Press

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