{"product_id":"modern-apartment-design","title":"Modern Apartment Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eModern Apartment Design\u003c\/em\u003e provides guidelines to the design of modern apartment buildings as well as a summation of current cutting-edge practice in engineered timber construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book covers a brief history of apartment buildings around the world, with a broad outline of different types of apartment blocks. It has a strong focus on the design and actual construction of apartment buildings, especially those utilising mass timber, such as cross-laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber. It also features six Case Study chapters from industry-leading practitioners in the area, enabling best practice in architecture and engineering of these new apartment building types to be more widely understood and propagated worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fully illustrated, full-colour case studies span the globe and include: Clearwater Quay in Christchurch, New Zealand (Pacific Environments NZ); Wynyard Central East 2 in Auckland, New Zealand (Architectus); Dalton Works in London, UK (Waugh Thistleton Architects); Mjøstårnet, Brumunddal, Norway (Voll Arkitekter); Brock Commons Tallwood House student housing in Vancouver, Canada (Acton Ostry Architects); and Regensbergstrasse apartments in Zurich, Switzerland (Dreicon). The book will be of great interest to architects and architecture students.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57313935786366,"sku":"NW9780367643102","price":34.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780367643102.jpg?v=1778592890","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/modern-apartment-design","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}