Innovations in Mass Timber: Sequestering Carbon with Style in Commercial Buildin

Description: Innovations in Mass Timber by Boyce Thompson Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Through architectural photography and technical diagrams, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innovative uses of mass timber in commercial buildings. Publisher Description Through architectural photography, technical diagrams, and expert prose, this book explores the environmental benefits as well as stylish and innovative uses of mass timber in non-residential buildings. Prized for its ability to sequester carbon, mass timber, including cross-laminated timbers, glulam beams, and laminated veneer lumber, is entering a critical second phase of its development as a beneficial and stylish building material for nonresidential buildings. Join award-winning author Boyce Thompson on a global tour of 16 of the most innovative and stylish projects made with mass timber. Content includes: . Projects such as the intricate Swatch headquarters in Switzerland, the worlds tallest mass timber building in Milwaukee, WI, and a fairytale experience at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Denmark . Sidebars on carbon sequestration, moisture control, and acoustic properties of mass timber . Information on how software and computer-controlled robotic saws work with woods malleability to revolutionize millwork . Details on how mass timber maximizes forest yields by utilizing small-diameter trees that might otherwise be wasted . The benefits of how quickly and more accurately mass timber buildings go together with less waste and less neighborhood noise AUTHOR: Boyce Thompson is the author of five works of non-fiction, including Lincolns Lost Colony: The Black Emigration Scheme of Bernard Kock, published in 2023 by McFarland. The book tells the quiet, bloody history of a New Orleans entrepreneurs attempt to establish a cotton plantation on a deserted Haitian island during The Civil War. Thompson is also the author of our books on residential design and construction. His latest, The Forever Home, outlines a method of designing and building homes to last a lifetime. It is based on interviews with three dozen owners of new and recently remodeled homes done during the pandemic. The book lays out a method for cost efficiently designing and building homes to last a lifetime. SELLING POINTS: . Covers 16 nonresidential, mass timber buildings from Europe, Australia, and the United States . An ideal book for anyone interested in design, green building, construction, and architecture . Featured architects include Japanese master Shigeru Ban, who designed the sprawling Swatch headquarters building in Switzerland 146 colour images Author Biography Boyce Thompson is the IPPY Award–winning author of Designing for Disaster as well as Anatomy of a Great Home and The Forever Home. The former editor of Builder magazine and founding editor of Residential Architect magazine, Thompson has spent more than 30 years writing about home design and construction. Details ISBN 0764367439 ISBN-13 9780764367434 Title Innovations in Mass Timber Author Boyce Thompson Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 224 Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd GE_Item_ID:160103064; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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