Modern construction envelopes : systems for architectural design and prototyping /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Watts, Andrew, 1957- (Author)
Published: Birkhauser Verlag,
Publisher Address: Basel, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
Subjects:
Item Description: "Newtecnic building engineering technology"--Cover.
Carrier Form: 521 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 30 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 520-521) and index.
ISBN: 9783035617696
3035617694
9783035617702
3035617708
Index Number: TH2231
CLC: TU238
Call Number: TU238/W348/3rd ed.
Contents: Design to prototype : Design to prototype ; Comparison of systems ; Preliminary specification for inventory models ; Prototyping BIM to fabrication -- Metal walls : Sheet metal ; Profiled metal cladding ; Composite panels ; Metal rainscreens ; Mesh screens ; Louvre screens -- Glass walls : Stick glazing ; Unitised glazing ; Clamped glazing ; Bolt fixed glazing ; Glass blocks ; Steel windows ; Aluminium windows ; Timber windows -- Concrete walls : Cast in situ, cast-in-place ; Storey height precast panels ; Small precast, GRC cladding panels -- Masonry walls : Masonry cavity walls brick ; Masonry cavity walls block ; Stone cladding ; Terracotta rainscreens -- Polymer walls : Polymer-based cladding sealed panels ; Rainscreens -- Timber walls : Cladding the timber frame ; Cladding panels and rainscreens -- Metal roofs : Metal standing seam ; Profiled metal sheet ; Composite panels ; Rainscreens ; Metal canopies -- Glass roofs : Silicone-sealed glazing and rooflights ; Bolt fixed glazing: small scale rooflights ; Bolt fixed glazing: large scale rooflights ; Bolt fixed glazing: twin wall roofs ; Bonded glass rooflights -- Concrete roofs : Concealed membrane ; Exposed membrane ; Planted -- Timber roofs : Flat roofs: bitumen based sheet membranes ; Pitched roofs: tiles and sheet -- Polymer roofs : GRP rooflights ; GRP panels and shells -- Fabric roofs : ETFE cushions ; Single membrane roof.