Stainless Steel Surfaces

<p><b>A full-color guide for architects and design professionals to the selection and application of stainless steel</b><b> </b></p> <p><i>Stainless Steel Surfaces</i> 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 <i>Zahner’s Architectural Metals Series</i>, 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.</p> <p><i>Stainless Steel Surfaces</i> is filled with illustrative case studies that offer strategies for designing and executing successful projects using stainless steel. All the books in the <i>Zahner’s Architectural Metals Series</i> offer in-depth coverage of today’s most commonly used metals in architecture and art. This important book:</p> <p>•    Contains a comprehensive guide to the use and maintenance of stainless steel surfaces in architecture and art</p> <p>•    Features full-color images of a range of stainless steel finishes, colors, textures, and forms</p> <p>•    Presents case studies with performance data that feature strategies on how to design and execute successful projects using stainless steel</p> <p>•    Offers methods to address corrosion, before and after it occurs</p> <p>•    Discusses the environmental impact of stainless steel from the creation process through application</p> <p>•    Explains the significance of the different alloys and the forms available to the designer</p> <p>•    Discusses what to expect when using stainless steel in various exposures</p> <p>Architecture professionals, metal fabricators, developers, architecture students and instructors, designers, and artists working with metals, <i>Stainless Steel Surfaces</i> offers a logical framework for the selection and application of stainless steel in all aspects of architecture.</p>