Description |
1 online resource (x, 252 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
Fundamental issues. Detailing : the creative link ; The philosophy of detailing ; Developing details ; The basic model of architectural detailing -- Guidelines. Materials and energy ; Building components and structure ; Morphological factors ; Process of production ; Goals and performance ; Indoor climate ; Ecological factors ; Human factors ; The knot -- Developing architectural details. Developing details and joints ; The language of detail ; The nine-plus-one step procedure ; Managing the detailing phase ; Collaborative working |
Summary |
Why are buildings detailed the way they are?. Why do architects and engineers seem to come to the same kind of solutions to their detailing problems?. Are we satisfied with such a situation?. With environmental concerns so high on designers' agendas, the answer to this third question has to be 'no'. Collectively architects, engineers and specifiers need to revisit how they detail the built environment, and address the most important and potentially difficult area of the joint between materials and components. In Principles of Architectural Detailing the authors question the way in which buildi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Architecture -- Details.
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Interior Design -- General.
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Architecture -- Details
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Architecture -- Environmental aspects
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Olie, John
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Schmid, Peter, 1935-
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LC no. |
2003022525 |
ISBN |
9781405173162 |
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1405173165 |
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128074779X |
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9781280747793 |
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9780470795804 |
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0470795808 |
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