Featherweights light, mobile and floating architecture

Architecture has been moving towards lightness since the beginning of the twentieth century. As new building materials become available, and as land disappears, architects have focused on efficiency, impermanence and flexibility in structures. Illustrating the achievements of the most visionary arch...

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Main Author: Herwig, Oliver (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Prestel 2003
Series:Architecture in focus
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