Product Description

The use of ?ber cement—a composite material made of sand, cement, and cellulose fibers—has undergone a real renaissance in the past decade. Buildings by Günter Behnisch, Bearth & Deplazes, Coop Himmelb(l)au, MVRDV, Morphosis, and many others have exploited its tremendous formal and chromatic versatility. The new generation of ?ber cement slabs has air and water permeability characteristics that make it unrivaled for applications such as roof, interior construction, and object design. Fiber Cement explores this technology and relates its architectural history by examining more than twenty outstanding buildings from Europe and the United States.

About the Author

Jan R. Krause, Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Architektur, directs the Master s Degree Program AMM Architektur Media Management at the Fachhochschule Bochum in the Department of Architecture.