Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000)

Marylise Parein; Ine Wouters; Stephanie Van de Voorde

Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000)

Marylise Parein, Ine Wouters, Stephanie Van de Voorde

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Abstract

Roof slates have featured prominently in the residential architecture of Western Europe for several centuries. Artificial slates made from fibre cement, and asbestos-free fibre cement slates in particular, are more recent, however. This paper will examine the transition towards asbestos-free fibre cement slates that was initiated following the controversy concerning asbestos in the 1970s to determine the impact of that transition upon architecture in Western Europe. The majority of our research has been performed by studying (inter)national architecture journals and manufacturer documentation. Its aim is to supplement the knowledge of the construction history of the recent past, which is largely unexplored.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Timber and Construction
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society
Editors	James WP Campbell, Nina Baker, Michael Driver, Michael Heaton, Natcha Ruamsanitwong, Christine Wall, David Yeomans
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Construction History Society
Pages	451-460
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	978-0-9928751-8-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2022
Event	Ninth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society - Queens' College, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Apr 2022 → 3 Apr 2022

Conference

Conference	Ninth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Cambridge
Period	1/04/22 → 3/04/22

Keywords

Construction History
Brussels
Housing
Construction Materials
20th Century
Asbestos
Slates
Roof construction

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Parein, Marylise ; Wouters, Ine ; Van de Voorde, Stephanie. / Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000). Timber and Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society. editor / James WP Campbell ; Nina Baker ; Michael Driver ; Michael Heaton ; Natcha Ruamsanitwong ; Christine Wall ; David Yeomans. Cambridge : Construction History Society, 2022. pp. 451-460

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Parein, M , Wouters, I & Van de Voorde, S 2022, Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000). in JWP Campbell, N Baker, M Driver, M Heaton, N Ruamsanitwong, C Wall & D Yeomans (eds), Timber and Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society. Construction History Society, Cambridge, pp. 451-460, Ninth Annual Conference of the Construction History Society, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1/04/22.

Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000). / Parein, Marylise ; Wouters, Ine ; Van de Voorde, Stephanie.
Timber and Construction: Proceedings of the Ninth Conference of the Construction History Society. ed. / James WP Campbell; Nina Baker; Michael Driver; Michael Heaton; Natcha Ruamsanitwong; Christine Wall; David Yeomans. Cambridge: Construction History Society, 2022. p. 451-460.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

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Fibre Cement Slates: An Industry Reinventing Itself (1970-2000)

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