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About the book:


Publisher: Birkhäuser Verlag GmbH
Author (s): Andrew Watts
Pages: 506
Edition: 2023
Language: English
Size: 119Mb


This book presents building and envelope technologies as entities independent of previous application; the technologies are instead presented according to their principle material and key characteristics.

This is contrary to the traditional method of building component presentation found in existing technical manuals and manufacturer specifications, which commonly focus on the traditional application of each technology. The current available publications focus on the specific application of building technologies for rectilinear buildings; grouping technologies in terms of building type rather than the basic principles which govern them.

This approach allows the corresponding current technologies for standard systems to be compared easily. However, it is often not possible to extract the driving principles behind the technology from an examination of its application in buildings alone.

Also, the principles and generalised guidelines which made the technology applicable for a certain application may not be applicable to another building technology: therefore, the design of alternative system types incorporating these technologies is restricted.



Content:

Introduction to sixth edition 6
Governing aspects of design 7
Information layout 8
Design motivation 10
Materials and assembly 11
Performance 13
Realisation of architectural intent
through integration of strategies 14
Relation to other design industries 15
Application cases 16
The Modern Construction Series 17
Qualifying comments 17
1 Steel 20
Production 22
Performance 24
Applications 25
2 Aluminium 26
Production 28
Performance 30
Applications 31
3 Copper, zinc, lead 32
Production 32
Performance 34
Applications 35
4 Stone 36
Production 36
Performance 36
Applications 39
5 Glass 40
Production 42
Performance 44
6 Concrete 46
Production 48
Performance 50
Applications 51
7 Fibre reinforced concrete 52
Production 53
Performance 54
Applications 55
8 Ceramics 56
Production 56
Performance 58
Applications 59
9 Timber 60
Production 62
Performance 64
Applications 65
10 Polymers 66
Production 70
Performance 72
11 Material testing 74
Testing of building
materials 74
Trends in facade design 78
Generic wall types 84
Metal
1 Sheet metal 86
2 Profiled cladding 90
3 Composite panels 94
4 Rainscreens 98
5 Mesh screens 102
6 Louvre screens 106
Glass systems 110
1 Stick systems 114
2 Unitised glazing 118
3 Clamped glazing 122
4 Bolt fixed glazing 126
5 Glass blocks
and channels 130
6 Steel windows 134
7 Aluminium windows 138
8 Timber windows 142
Concrete
1 Cast in-situ 146
2 Storey height panels 150
3 Small precast panels 154
Masonry
1 Loadbearing walls 158
2 Cavity walls
Brick 162
Stone and block 166
3 Cladding 170
4 Rainscreens 174
Fibre reinforced polymers
1 FRP cladding 178
2 FRP rainscreens 182
Timber
1 Timber frame 186
2 Cladding panels 190
Trends in roof design 196
Metal roofs
1 Metal standing seam 200
2 Profiled metal sheet 204
3 Composite panels 208
4 Rainscreens 212
5 Metal louvres 216
Glass roofs
1 Greenhouse glazing and capped systems 220
2 Silicone-sealed glazing and rooflights 224
3 Bolt fixed glazing 228
4 Bonded glass rooflights 232
Concrete roofs
1 Concealed membrane 236
2 Exposed membrane 240
3 Planted roof 244
Timber roofs
1 Flat roof: mastic asphalt coverings 248
2 Flat roof: bitumenbased sheet 252
3 Pitched roof: tiles 256
Fibre reinforced polymer roofs
1 FRP rooflights 260
2 FRP panels and shells 264
Fabric systems
1 ETFE cushions 268
2 Single membrane: cone-shaped roof 272
3 Single membrane: barrel-shaped roof 276
Material systems for structures 282
Elements of structures 284
Braced frames
1 Reinforced concrete 286
2 Steel 290
3 Timber 294
Portal frames 298
Loadbearing boxes
1 Reinforced concrete 302
2 Brick 306
3 Glass 310
Trusses 314
Arches and shells 318
Space grids 322
Floor structures
1 Cast in situ/cast in place concrete 326
2 Precast concrete 328
3 Steel and steel mesh 330
4 Timber 332
5 Glass 336
Stairs
1 Concrete 340
2 Steel 342
3 Timber 344
4 Glass 346
Invironmental studies for envelopes 350
Analysis for design
1 Solar radiation 354
2 Daylight 358
3 Thermal performance 360
4 Wind 362
5 Solar shading 364
6 Double skin facades 372
7 Natural ventilation 378
8 Thermal mass 380
Low-energy material systems
1 Embodied energy 382
2 Green walls 386
Active design
1 Liquid based heating/cooling systems 388
2 Mechanical heating/cooling systems 390
3 Electrical lighting 396
4 Raised floors 398
5 Internal ceilings 400
Support services
1 Sanitation and drainage 402
1 Maintenance and cleaning 404
2 Lifts 410
Performance testing
1 Facade material systems 412
2 Roof material systems 416
1 Working with industry 420
2 Triangular panels for twisted facades 422
3 Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades 424
4 Solar shading louvres 430
5 Double-skin facades 434
6 Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry 436
7 Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry 440
8 Diagrid structures 442
9 Hybrid systems forming facades of complex geometry 444
10 Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing 448
11 Complex curved glazed roofs 450
12 Large-scale glazed facades 454
13 Panelisation of complex building surface geometry 456
14 Opaque rainscreen cladding 460
15 Full-height glazing with GRPclad structural frame 462
16 GRC cladding interfaces 464
17 Full-height entrance glazing 466
18 GRP louvres on stick glazing system 468
19 GRC cladding 474
20 Windows in GRC cladding 476
21 Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding 480
22 Unitised glazing with GRC cladding 482
23 Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure 484
24 Glazed roofs with complex geometry 488
25 Louvres and stick glazing 490
Glossary of terms 496
Authorship 500
Photo credits 501
Index 502

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