Corrugated iron : building on the frontier /

The definitive illustrated book on the material of preference for a new generation of architects. Corrugated iron is a durable, biodegradable, and environmentally sound cladding system, sufficiently versatile to create one-off works of architectural sculpture and to house thousands in disaster zones...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mornement, Adam
Other Authors: Holloway, Simon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2007]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • The invention of corrugated iron
  • Portable buildings
  • Churches, chapels and mission halls
  • Warfare: huts, hangars and hospitals
  • Informal communities and disaster relief
  • Corrugated iron in contemporary architecture.