Engineering Nature

Building material with future potentialThanks to high-performance composite structures made ofwood and steel or concrete, wooden buildings are now being erected farbeyond the high-rise boundaries. An end to the increase in altitude ishardly in sight. Wooden constructions are also on the uptrend inresidential and office construction, sports halls, industrial buildingsand bridges. They are the epitome of sustainable building and, thanks tonew prefabrication processes, are also competitive in terms ofconstruction costs. The book shows the current development of structuralplanning with wood on the basis of around 20 outstanding engineeringstructures. The engineers involved in the planning describe theconception of the supporting structures as well as individual solutionsfor their implementation.