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The evolution of architecture involves not only improvements in construction, insulation, building methods or aesthetics, but equally in materials and especially in the range of material types we can choose from. This influences our options ...
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Clear wood
Clear wood is the facade material of today. Its use, however, asks much more of the architect’s knowledge of materials. Modern preservation and production methods make aesthetic options better manageable. Modifying proves promising preservation method ...
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Light transmitting materials
Materials that are light-permeable are usually called ‘transparent’ or translucent’, although it might be more accurate to call them ‘diaphanous’ – of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent ...
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Diaphanous materials
Materials that are light-permeable are usually called ‘transparent’ or ‘translucent’, although it might be more accurate to call them ‘diaphanous’ – of such fine texture as to allow light to pass through; translucent or transparent ...
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