Designing the Exterior Wall : An Architectural Guide to the Vertical Envelope
by
Linda Brock
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0471451916
ISBN-13
9780471451914
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 2005
Print length
400 Pages
Weight
962 grams
Dimensions
28.30 x 22.30 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Architecture
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An eye-opening guide to the art and science of creating a structure's skin Designing the Exterior Wall presents the basics of building science along with a prescribed set of details to help architects understand why buildings fail and how to design them to be more durable.
By presenting the basics of building science along with a prescribed set of details, Designing the Exterior Wall helps you understand why buildings fail and how they can be made more durable through design. Author Linda Brock connects the science and aesthetics of building envelopes through the examination of a variety of construction and cladding types. She features details from real world projects in a variety of climates, successful and unsuccessful case studies, and checklists you can use on your own projects.
- Helps you reduce your liability by showing why building envelopes fail and how they can be designed to endure.
- Moves from theory to actual construction by including hundreds of building envelope details from a broad array of projects and climates.
- Integrates numerous contemporary case studies, including Frank Gehry''s Experiential Music Center in Seattle (thin skins), Renzo Piano''s Rue de Meaux housing in Paris (terra cotta cladding), and Mario Botta''s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (prefabricated brick panels).
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