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1 online resource : illustrations |
Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; DESIGN BASICS; 1 Design information and dimensional coordination; 2 People and space; 3 People and movement; 4 Access and inclusion; 5 Capital and whole life costs of buildings; ESSENTIALS; 6 Structure; 7 Materials; 8 Thermal environment; 9 Light; 10 Sound; 11 Fire; 12 Flood-aware design; 13 Crime prevention design; BUILDING TYPES; 14 Agricultural buildings; 15 Auditoria; 16 Civic buildings; 17 Community centres; 18 Emergency services; 19 Hospitals; 20 Hotels; 21 Houses and flats; 22 Homes for older people |
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23 Student housing and housing for young people24 Industrial facilities; 25 Industrial storage buildings; 26 Laboratories; 27 Libraries; 28 Masterplanning and landscaping; 29 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces; 30 Offices; 31 Payment and counselling offices; 32 Places of worship; 33 Primary health care; 34 Restaurants and foodservice facilities; 35 Retail shops and stores; 36 Schools; 37 Security and counter-terrorism; 38 Sports facilities: indoor and outdoor; 39 Streets and spaces for people and vehicles; 40 Studios for sound and vision |
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41 Transport terminals and interchanges42 Tropical design; 43 Universities; Appendix A The SI system; Appendix B Conversion factors and tables; Index |
Summary |
Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and evolving building typesMany chapters revised including housing, transport, offices, libraries and hotelsNew chapter on flood-aware designSustainable design integrated into chapters throughoutOver 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers - this book belongs in every design studio and architecture school libraryThe Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design information for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types, |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Building -- Details -- Drawings
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Metric system.
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Metric System
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ARCHITECTURE -- Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Buildings -- Landmarks & Monuments.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Professional Practice.
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ARCHITECTURE -- Reference.
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Building -- Details
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Metric system
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Architecture and Planning.
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Genre/Form |
Drawings
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Electronic book
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Author |
Buxton, Pamela, editor.
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ISBN |
9781317638865 |
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1317638867 |
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