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Description:Breeze block is back. This surge of interest in the material, though, is more than a nostalgic yearning for the golden years of modernism. Contemporary designers are not only rediscovering the forgotten qualities that made it such an appealing medium for mid-century architects, but finding new ways to enhance and exploit them. Breeze block remains an inexpensive, robust, and (handled well) highly expressive material.Deploying the techniques of 21st-century design, from digital design tools to robotic fabrication, complex new forms and patterns are now possible in breeze block, which can not only heighten the architectural drama of our buildings, but also temper their internal and external environments in increasingly sensitive, climate responsive ways.With editorial direction from architect and self-professed ‘block head’ Sam Marshall (known to thousands of aficionados as Instagram’s @breezeblockhead, this book is both a survey and celebration of contemporary global breeze block architecture.Featured projects include work by Herzog & de Meuron, Shigeru Ban, Partners Hill, Kevin Mark Low, Edition Office, Archi Union and many others. An essay by architectural historian Pamela J Deasy and introduction by Richard Hassell of WOHA rounds out a fascinating exploration of this potent, oft misunderstood material.A special thanks to the book's patron Brickworks Building Products, without whose support publication would not have been possible.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Breeze Block Book. To get started finding The Breeze Block Book, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 184

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Uro Publications

Release: 2019

ISBN: 0994396694

Description: Breeze block is back. This surge of interest in the material, though, is more than a nostalgic yearning for the golden years of modernism. Contemporary designers are not only rediscovering the forgotten qualities that made it such an appealing medium for mid-century architects, but finding new ways to enhance and exploit them. Breeze block remains an inexpensive, robust, and (handled well) highly expressive material.Deploying the techniques of 21st-century design, from digital design tools to robotic fabrication, complex new forms and patterns are now possible in breeze block, which can not only heighten the architectural drama of our buildings, but also temper their internal and external environments in increasingly sensitive, climate responsive ways.With editorial direction from architect and self-professed ‘block head’ Sam Marshall (known to thousands of aficionados as Instagram’s @breezeblockhead, this book is both a survey and celebration of contemporary global breeze block architecture.Featured projects include work by Herzog & de Meuron, Shigeru Ban, Partners Hill, Kevin Mark Low, Edition Office, Archi Union and many others. An essay by architectural historian Pamela J Deasy and introduction by Richard Hassell of WOHA rounds out a fascinating exploration of this potent, oft misunderstood material.A special thanks to the book's patron Brickworks Building Products, without whose support publication would not have been possible.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Breeze Block Book. To get started finding The Breeze Block Book, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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