Overview
A full-color guide for architects and design professionals to the selection and application of stainless steel Stainless Steel Surfaces offers an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the application of stainless steel to create surfaces for building exteriors, interiors, and art finishes. The first volume in Zahner's Architectural Metals Series, the book is a visual, full-color book filled with the information needed to ensure proper maintenance of stainless steel and suggestions for fabrication techniques. The author—a noted expert in the field—covers a range of topics including the history of the metal, choosing the right alloy, information on a variety of surface and chemical finishes, and facts on corrosion resistance. Stainless Steel Surfaces is filled with illustrative case studies that offer strategies for designing and executing successful projects using stainless steel. All the books in the Zahner's Architectural Metals Series offer in-depth coverage of today's most commonly used metals in architecture and art. This important book: • Contains a comprehensive guide to the use and maintenance of stainless steel surfaces in architecture and art • Features full-color images of a range of stainless steel finishes, colors, textures, and forms • Presents case studies with performance data that feature strategies on how to design and execute successful projects using stainless steel • Offers methods to address corrosion, before and after it occurs • Discusses the environmental impact of stainless steel from the creation process through application • Explains the significance of the different alloys and the forms available to the designer • Discusses what to expect when using stainless steel in various exposures Architecture professionals, metal fabricators, developers, architecture students and instructors, designers, and artists working with metals, Stainless Steel Surfaces offers a logical framework for the selection and application of stainless steel in all aspects of architecture.
Full Product Details
Author: L. William Zahner (A. Zahner Company, Kansas City, MO)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 18.80cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.10cm
Weight: 0.726kg
ISBN: 9781119541547
ISBN 10: 1119541549
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 20 September 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Author Information
L. WILLIAM ZAHNER is President and CEO of A. Zahner Company, Inc. and Chairman of Metalabs LLC, an internationally recognized expert on the design and use of architectural metals. He has authored two books on architectural metals, Architectural Metal Surfaces and Architectural Metals: A Guide to Selection, Specification, and Performance, both from Wiley.
