Some considerations on the warping of marble façades: The example of Alvar Aalto's Finland Hall in Helsinki

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 449-457

  Royer Carfagni, Gianni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Damage; Fa ade; Finland Hall; Marble; Warping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033280273     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-0618(99)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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