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ETFE: Technology and Design
Author(s): Annette LeCuyer (Author)
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
- Publication Date: 6 Jun. 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 3764385634
- ISBN-13: 9783764385637
Book Description
ETFE foil has recently become an important material for the cladding of technologically sophisticated and innovative buildings. This material is very thin and lightweight and, when used in air-filled cushion assemblies, has enormous strength and a range of adaptive environmental attributes. ETFE cushion enclosures became known primarily through Grimshaw Architects Eden Project and Herzog + de Meurons Allianz Arena, and they are being used on the spectacular swimming stadium for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the largest ETFE building envelope in the world so far. This book is conceived as an in-depth introduction to the characteristics of ETFE and its applications in construction. Project examples explore in detail the specific characteristics of ETFE building skins in the areas of structural behavior, light transmission, insulation, acoustics, fire engineering and environmental modification.
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About the Author
Annette LeCuyer ist Architektin und Professorin an der Universität Buffalo, State University of New York.
Annette LeCuyer is an architect and a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo.
