Constructing architecture :

Constructing architecture : materials, processes, structures : a handbook / Andrea Deplazes (ed.) ; translation into English, Gerd H. S�offker, Philip Thrift. - Third, extended edition. - Basel : Birkh�auser, 2013. - 587 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

"DARCH ETH"--Cover. "Added to the third, extended edition is the folder 'Archetypal forms of construction', a comparative overview of the content of this handbook"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 563) and index.

Materials/modules. Modules -- Masonry -- Concrete -- Timber -- Steel -- Insulation -- Glass or plastic -- Elements. Foundation/plinth -- Facade -- Opening -- Floor -- Roof -- Stairs, lifts -- Structures. Forms of construction -- Building performance, energy -- Buildings. Selected projects -- Components. Drawings -- Foundation/plinth -- Wall/floor -- Opening -- Floor -- Roof/parapet.

9783038214519 (Hardcover) 3038214515 9783038214526 (Softcover)

2013474155


Building materials--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Architecture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

TA403.4 / .C65 2013


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