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How buildings work : the natural order of architecture / Edward Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Edition: Third editionDescription: xiii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 019516198X
  • 9780195161984
  • 0739465902
  • 9780739465905
Other title:
  • Natural order of architecture [Cover title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 721 22
LOC classification:
  • TH6021 .A44 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
Prologue : sustainable building -- 1. The outdoor environment -- 2. The human environment -- 3. The concept of shelter -- 4. Building function -- 5. Providing water -- 6. Recycling wastes -- 7. Providing for thermal comfort -- 8. Thermal properties of building components -- 9. Controlling the radiation of heat -- 10. Controlling air temperature and humidity -- 11. Controlling air movement -- 12. Keeping water out -- 13. Seeing and illumination -- 14. Hearing and being heard -- 15. Providing concentrated energy -- 16. Fitting buildings to people -- 17. Providing structural support -- 18. Providing for building movement -- 19. Controlling fire -- 20. Getting a building built -- 21. Keeping a building alive and growing -- 22. Building components and building function.
Summary: Uses 700 drawings to explain every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some buildings do this so much better than others.Review: "Illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stand up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies - and why some buildings do this so much better than others. Edward Allen makes it easy for everyone - from armchair architects and sidewalk superintendents to students of architecture and construction - to understand the mysteries and complexities of even the largest building, from how it recycles waste and controls the movement of air, to how it is kept alive and growing."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue : sustainable building -- 1. The outdoor environment -- 2. The human environment -- 3. The concept of shelter -- 4. Building function -- 5. Providing water -- 6. Recycling wastes -- 7. Providing for thermal comfort -- 8. Thermal properties of building components -- 9. Controlling the radiation of heat -- 10. Controlling air temperature and humidity -- 11. Controlling air movement -- 12. Keeping water out -- 13. Seeing and illumination -- 14. Hearing and being heard -- 15. Providing concentrated energy -- 16. Fitting buildings to people -- 17. Providing structural support -- 18. Providing for building movement -- 19. Controlling fire -- 20. Getting a building built -- 21. Keeping a building alive and growing -- 22. Building components and building function.

Uses 700 drawings to explain every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some buildings do this so much better than others.

"Illustrated with hundreds of line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stand up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies - and why some buildings do this so much better than others. Edward Allen makes it easy for everyone - from armchair architects and sidewalk superintendents to students of architecture and construction - to understand the mysteries and complexities of even the largest building, from how it recycles waste and controls the movement of air, to how it is kept alive and growing."--BOOK JACKET.

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