Imagine No. 06: Reimagining the Envelope

Name: Imagine No. 06: Reimagining the Envelope
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ISBN: 9789064508004

ISBN-10: 9064508003

ISBN-13: 9789064508004

Edition: 2012

Authors: Ulrich Knaack, Marcel Bilow, Thaleia Konstantinou, Bert Lieverse

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The renovation of buildings past their prime can no longer be regarded as a necessary evil that costs money and causes inconvenience. Increasingly, it is being acknowledged that to renovate a building and its façade (or 'envelope') can has considerable advantages. Not only does it improve the quality of life and the performance, it can save energy and increase the building's market value. This makes renovation an interesting proposition for owners, users and architects alike. The façade research group at Delft University of Technology, working with the Dutch façade builders' association VMRG, carried out a three-year research project that yielded a number of basic requests, strategies and…

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List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: NAi Uitgevers / Publishers Stichting
Publication date: 4/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 128
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Maarten Meijs is an architect and assistant professor at the TU Delft (Delft University of Technology). He is co-author of the textbook Cladding of Buildings and other publications.Ulrich Knaack previously worked as an architect in DA1/4sseldorf and is now a professor of construction and design at the TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) and the Fachhochschule Detmold (University of Applied Sciences Detmold).