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Vyatsky -- Moscow's "plastic" apartment house
Building rests on ferroconcrete pile foundation; it has loadbearing ferroconcrete cross walls set on concrete grilles connecting groups of piles; floors are of thin continuous prestressed concrete panels; synthetic materials are used in suspended panels of exterior walls, interior partitions, as floor and wall finishes, in plumbing, railings, ventilation grills, and even doorknobs; kitchen sinks are of styrene plastics, bathroom tubs and sinks are made of fiberglass; polyethylene piping is used for plumbing and synthetic mastics and insulation materials to seal joints in exterior wall panels.
Vyatsky -- Moscow's "plastic" apartment house
Building rests on ferroconcrete pile foundation; it has loadbearing ferroconcrete cross walls set on concrete grilles connecting groups of piles; floors are of thin continuous prestressed concrete panels; synthetic materials are used in suspended panels of exterior walls, interior partitions, as floor and wall finishes, in plumbing, railings, ventilation grills, and even doorknobs; kitchen sinks are of styrene plastics, bathroom tubs and sinks are made of fiberglass; polyethylene piping is used for plumbing and synthetic mastics and insulation materials to seal joints in exterior wall panels.
Vyatsky -- Moscow's "plastic" apartment house
World Construction
World Construction ; 18
1965
Article (Journal)
English
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