Pure plastic : new materials for today's architecture /

Pure plastic : new materials for today's architecture / [editorial staff, Sophie Steybe, Chris van Uffelen]. - [Berlin] : Braun, 2008 - 256 p. : ill. (some col.) 24 cm.

This reference material provides valuable information about different uses of plastic in architecture paticularly on floor coating, wall paper, dome lights, facade elements, fittings, profiles, warmth, insulators, foams, laminates, varnishes and glues, and especially cable insulations, PVC pipes, plastic doors and window frames. Further, it discusses the history of plastic from the Neolithic period to the present stressing on how the gradual development of the material influenced its usage in architecture due to its aesthetic and functional adaptability and expressiveness.

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Architecture, Modern
Architecture, Modern
Plastics in building.

NA 680 / .P972 2008