Lightweight Landscape Enhancing Design through Minimal Mass Structures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zanelli, Alessandra (Editor), Spinelli, Luigi (Editor), Monticelli, Carol (Editor), Pedrali, Paolo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Energy efficiency.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Light construction.; Steel construction.; Lightweight construction.; Light Construction, Steel Construction, Timber Construction.; Energy Efficiency (incl. Buildings).; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

This book explains how lightweight materials and structures can be deployed in buildings to meet high environmental and aesthetic standards and emphasizes how the concept of lightness in building technology and design dovetails with the desire to enhance landscape. The first part of the book, on lig...