The ecology of building materials / Bjørn Berge ; translated from Norwegian by Filip Henley with Howard Liddell
| Author(s): | Berge, Bjørn |
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| Location: |
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| Subjects: | Building materials--Environmental aspects |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English, Norwegian (translated from) |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, c2000 |
| LC Classification: | T, TA |
| Table of Contents: | Author's foreword Foreword / Howard Liddell Preface Introduction Sect. 1. Eddies and water-level markers 1. Resources 3 2. Pollution 25 3. Local production and the human ecological aspect 43 4. The chemical and physical properties of building materials 53 Sect. 2. The flower, iron and ocean 5. Water and air 65 6. Minerals 69 7. Stone 107 8. Loose materials 117 9. Fossil oils 141 10. Plants 157 11. Materials of animal origin 179 12. Industrial by-products 183 Sect. 3. The construction of a sea-iron flower 13. Structural materials 189 14. Climatic materials 243 15. Surface materials 307 16. Building components 375 17. Fixings and connections 385 18. Paint, varnish, stain and wax 401 19. Impregnating agents, and how to avoid them 429 Index 443 |
| Alternate Title(s): | Bygnings materialenes økologi. |
| Additional Authors: | Henley, Filip |
| Notes: | ISBN: 0750633948 |
| Physical Description: | xix, 453 p. : ill. ; 26 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 43842936 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0750633948 |