Architects' data / Ernst and Peter Neufert ; updated by Johannes Kister [and others] ; translated by David Sturge.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics -- Design process -- Building components -- Residential buildings -- Accommodation -- Education and research -- Cultural venues -- Administration and offices -- Retail -- Industry and trade -- Religious buildings -- Health -- Sports and leisure -- Transport -- External works -- Agriculture -- Building Services -- --

Basics -- Abbreviations and symbols -- Drawings -- Accessible building -- Dimensional basics and relationships -- Building biology -- Visual perception -- -- Design process -- Design -- Sustainable building -- Facility management -- Refurbishment -- Design and construction management -- -- Building components -- Foundations -- Walls -- Floor slabs -- Roofs -- Windows -- Glass -- Doors -- Stairs -- Escalators -- Moving walkways -- Lifts -- -- Residential buildings -- Basics -- Housing density -- Orientation -- Access -- Floor plans -- Rooms -- -- Accommodation -- Student residences -- Elderly peoples' accommodation -- Hotels -- Catering -- Youth hostels -- Holiday/weekend cabins -- Motels -- Camping -- -- Education and research -- Children's daycare -- Playgrounds -- Schools -- Universities and colleges -- -- Cultural venues -- Museums and art galleries -- Theatres -- Concert halls -- Cinemas -- Circus -- Zoos -- -- Administration and offices -- Office Buildings -- High-rise buildings -- Libraries -- Banks -- -- Retail -- Retail outlets -- -- Industry and trade -- Industry -- Workshops -- -- Religious buildings -- Christian churches -- Synagogues -- Mosques -- -- Health -- Doctors' practices -- Hospitals -- -- Sports and leisure -- Stadiums -- Sports facilities -- Sports halls -- Swimming pools -- Spa -- Amusement arcades -- -- Transport -- Roads -- Parking facilities -- Public transport -- Railways -- Aviation -- -- External works -- Cemeteries -- Landscape architecture -- Earthworks -- Garden enclosures -- Pergola and trellis -- Paths, paving, steps -- Drainage -- Vegetation -- Biological engineering -- Greenhouses -- Ponds and pools -- External works: example -- -- Agriculture -- Farmyards -- Animal husbandry -- Supply and disposal -- -- Building Services -- Renewable energy -- Building physics -- Daylight -- Lighting -- Fire protection -- Domestic installation -- Chimneys and ventilation shafts -- BS and DIN standards -- Conversion of units.

This text is an essential aid in the initial design and planning of a building project. Organised largely by building type, it covers user requirements, planning criteria, basic dimensions and considerations of function and siting.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.