Modern construction envelopes : systems for architectural design and prototyping /
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Birkhauser Verlag,
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Publisher Address: | Basel, Switzerland : |
Publication Dates: | [2019] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Third edition. |
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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. |