Format:
1 online resource (265 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9781444361032
Note:
Intro -- Architectural Technology -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Fundamentals -- Sensory engagement -- Building innovation -- Building characteristics -- Enclosure and functional requirements -- Philosophies and approaches -- Further reading -- 2 Physical Design Generators -- The physical context: a sense of place -- Micro climates and weathering -- Structure and fabric -- Materials -- Services -- Further reading -- 3 Social Design Generators -- The social context -- Communication and language -- Design decisions -- Risk -- Quality -- Added value -- Further reading -- 4 Regulatory Design Generators -- Town planning and development control -- The building regulations -- Standards and codes of practice -- Trade associations -- Testing and research reports -- Further reading -- 5 Humane Design Generators -- Perception of our buildings -- Physiology and usability -- Healthy environments -- Safe environments -- Secure environments -- Fire safety -- Further reading -- 6 Physical Interfaces -- Typologies -- Transitions -- Joints and connections -- Tolerances -- Further reading -- 7 The Art of Detailing -- Detailing principles -- Environmental issues -- Performance of the joint -- Designing the details -- Further reading -- 8 The Art of Specifying -- Specification methods -- Selection criteria - fitness for purpose -- Writing the specification -- Contents of a written specification -- Further reading -- 9 The Art of Informing -- Media -- Coordinated project information -- Drawings -- Physical models -- Bills of quantities -- Digital information and virtual details -- Information flow and design changes -- Further reading -- 10 Assembling the Parts -- The designer-contractor interface -- Flows -- Quality of work -- Design changes -- Practical completion and hand-over -- Learning from building projects -- Further reading
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11 Living with Buildings -- Durability and decay -- Preservation, restoration, and conservation -- Principles of conservation, repair and maintenance -- Upgrading existing buildings -- Learning from buildings -- Further reading -- 12 Disassembly and Reuse -- Reusing redundant buildings -- Demolition and disassembly -- Reclamation, reuse, and recycling -- Stretching the tradition -- Further reading -- References -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Emmitt, Stephen Architectural Technology Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2012 ISBN 9781405194792
Language:
English
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