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• Title:Constructing architecture : materials, processes, structures : a handbook / Andrea Deplazes (ed.) ; [translation into English, Gerd H. Söffker ; Philip Thrift].
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Deplazes, Andrea.
  Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Departement Architektur.
  
• Published/Created:Basel, Switzerland : Birkhäuser, 2013.
  

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  • Location:MAA LIBRARY (IKB) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: TA403.4 .C659 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:text + supplementary poster
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Building materials--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  Architecture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
  
• Genre/Form:Handbooks and manuals.
  
• Edition:Third, extended ed.
  
• Description:587 pages : illustrations, plans ; 30 cm + supplementary poster.
  
• Notes:Previous ed.: 2005.
  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9783038214519 (Hardcover)
  3038214515 (Hardcover)
  9783038214526 (Softcover)
  3038214523 (Softcover)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: MATERIALS
  MODULES
  Modules
  Introduction
  importance of the material
  Properties of materials
  perception of architectural space
  longevity of materials
  Masonry
  Introduction
  pathos of masonry
  Properties of materials
  materials
  Systems
  Masonry terminology
  Design and construction
  Masonry bonds
  Tying and reinforcing double-leaf masonry walls
  Systems in architecture
  skill of masonry construction
  Types of construction
  Prefabrication
  Concrete
  Introduction
  On the metaphysics of exposed concrete
  Properties of materials
  materials
  concreting process
  10 rules for the production of concrete
  Exposed concrete surfaces
  Systems
  Floor supports, exposed concrete with internal insulation
  fixing of heavy external cladding (concrete)
  fixing of heavy external cladding (stone)
  Chart for establishing preliminary size of reinforced concrete slabs
  Systems in architecture
  Linear structural members
  Systems with linear members
  Planar structural members
  Systems with planar structural members
  Timber
  Introduction
  Wood: indifferent, synthetic, abstract
  plastic
  Properties of materials
  materials
  Wood-based products: Overview
  Wood-based products: Layered products
  Wood-based products: Particleboards
  Wood-based products: Fibreboards
  Important panel and prefabricated systems in Switzerland: Overview
  Panel construction: Current developments
  Systems
  Timber construction systems: Overview
  Platform frame construction: Construction principle
  Chart for establishing preliminary size of timber beams
  Examples
  Conversion of a trunk in traditional Japanese timber building culture
  threads of the net
  Steel
  Introduction
  Why Steel?
  Properties of materials
  Sections
  forms and applications
  Fire protection
  Potential applications for structural steelwork
  Systems
  Connections: A selection
  Structures
  frame with cantilevering beams
  Structures
  frame with continuous columns
  Structures
  two-way frame
  Chart for establishing preliminary size of steel beams
  Systems in architecture
  Folding and bending
  Frames
  Girder, lattice beam and facade
  Space frames
  Diamonds and diagonals
  Canopy structures
  Insulation
  Introduction
  "invisible" building material
  Properties of materials
  Transparent thermal insulation
  Thermal insulation materials and their applications
  Systems
  Thermal insulation systems: Overview
  Glass or plastic
  Introduction
  Glass
  crystalline, amorphous
  Plastic
  Properties of materials
  Glass, the opaque building material
  Plastic on the threshold of architecture
  ELEMENTS
  Foundation
  Plinth
  Introduction
  Building underground
  Processes
  Site preparation: Surveying work
  Site preparation: Earthworks
  Foundations
  Systems
  Foundation schemes: Loadbearing layer inside
  Foundation schemes: Loadbearing layer outside
  Systems in architecture
  basis for plinths
  Building performance issues
  External wall below ground: Influences on the building envelope
  Facade
  Introduction
  wall
  Systems in architecture
  design of the facade
  Opening
  Introduction
  For and against the long horizontal window: The Perret
  Le Corbusier controversy
  Systems
  window
  opening package
  Position of window, opening rebate forms
  window as a component
  frame sections
  window as a component
  glass
  Window
  horizontal section, 1:1
  Window
  vertical section, 1:1
  Systems in architecture
  opening as a hole
  opening as a horizontal strip
  opening as a joint
  opening as a transparent wall
  Introduction
  About the door
  Systems
  Doors
  types of opening
  Doors
  types of door stop
  Doors
  hardware
  Building performance issues
  Wall
  opening: Influences on the building envelope
  Cutting out sunlight and glare
  Floor
  Introduction
  doubling of the sky
  Roof
  Introduction
  roof
  Systems
  Pitched roof: Functions of layers
  Flat roof: Functions of layers
  Flat roof: Warm deck
  conventional systems
  Flat roof: Warm deck
  special systems
  Flat roof: Upside-down roof
  Flat roof: Cold deck
  Systems in architecture
  Pitched roof
  Flat roof
  roof as a folded plate
  Barrel-vault roof and shell roof
  Building performance issues
  Criteria and relationships
  Flat roof
  pitched roof: Repercussions for the building envelope
  Stairs, lifts
  Introduction
  Flights Of fancy
  Systems
  Excerpt from the Bauentwurfslehre by Ernst Neufert
  geometry of stair transitions
  Balustrades and spandrel panels: Extract from Swiss standard SIA 358, 1996 edition
  Lifts
  Systems in architecture
  staircase as an assembly of simply supported beams
  staircase as a monolithic, organic form
  staircase as a space frame
  staircase as a solid timber construction
  STRUCTURES
  Forms of construction
  Introduction
  Courtyard house versus Veranda house
  attempt to classify horizontal and vertical space development
  Structural shell, fitting-out and premium structural shell
  Structural issues: The relationship between interior structure, loadbearing structure, and infrastructure
  Concepts
  Vertical loadbearing structures in solid construction: Cross-section concepts
  Vertical loadbearing structures in solid construction: Plan concepts
  Vaulted loadbearing structures in solid construction: Compression structures
  Examples
  Of heavy mass and apparent heaviness
  Ksar Ferich: A fortified storehouse in southern Tunisia
  Sculpted architecture: The Scottish tower house
  Processes
  Provision of services during planning work
  sequence of building operations
  Systems
  Compartmentation
  Box frame construction
  Frame construction
  Column-and-slab systems
  Single-storey shed forms
  Systems in architecture
  Prefabrication: System building
  Building performance, energy
  Introduction
  Sustainability: Fundamentals of architecture
  Concepts
  problem of heat flow and vapour diffusion
  Insulation concepts: Diagram of layers
  Insulation concepts: Complementary systems
  loadbearing layer inside
  Insulation concepts: Complementary systems
  loadbearing layer outside
  Seven rules for the design of a low-energy house
  Example
  Low-tech
  high tectonics
  BUILDINGS
  Selected projects
  Examples
  Apartment blocks, Martinsbergstrasse, Baden: Burkard Meyer Architekten
  Gallery for Contemporary Art, Marktoberdorf: Bearth + Deplazes
  Detached family home, Grabs: Peter Markli
  Paspels School: Valerio Olgiati
  Volta School, Basel: Miller + Maranta
  Sihlhof School, Zurich: Giuliani Honger
  Training centre, Gordola: Durisch + Nolli
  New Monte Rosa Hut: Monte Rosa Studio (ETH Zurich), Bearth + Deplazes
  Vocational Training Centre, Baden: Burkard Meyer Architekten
  Teacher Training College, Chur: Bearth + Deplazes
  Swiss School of Engineering for the Wood Industry, Biel: Meili + Peter
  Private house, Sevgein: Bearth + Deplazes
  Leutschenbach School, Zurich: Christian Kerez
  Office building, Picassoplatz, Basel: Peter Markli
  COMPONENTS
  Drawings
  Preparation of drawings for buildings: Excerpt from Swiss standard SIA 400:2000
  Presentation on drawings: Example: timber platform frame construction
  Symbols: Legend for the catalogue of components
  Foundation
  Plinth
  Single-leaf masonry
  Double-leaf masonry, rendered
  Facing masonry
  Fair-face concrete with internal insulation
  External insulation, rendered
  External cladding, lightweight
  External cladding, heavyweight
  Timber platform frame construction
  Solid timber panel construction: Plinth
  Roof
  Wall
  Floor
  Single-leaf masonry, rendered
  Double-leaf masonry, rendered
  Facing masonry
  Fair-face concrete with internal insulation
  External insulation, rendered
  External cladding, lightweight
  External cladding, heavyweight
  Non-loadbearing external wall
  Timber platform frame construction
  Solid timber panel construction
  Opening
  Windows
  Single-leaf masonry
  Double-leaf masonry, rendered
  Facing masonry
  Fair-face concrete with internal insulation
  External cladding, lightweight
  External cladding, heavyweight
  External insulation, rendered
  Non-loadbearing external wall
  Timber platform frame construction
  Solid timber panel construction
  Doors
  Hinged door, external
  wood
  Hinged door, external
  wood/glass
  Sliding door, external
  metal/glass
  Hinged door, internal
  wood
  Sliding door, internal
  wood
  Floor
  Hollow clay block floor
  Hourdis-type hollow clay block floor
  Solid concrete slab
  Ribbed concrete slab
  Concrete waffle slab
  Hollow-core concrete slab
  Composite slab, profiled metal sheeting
  concrete
  Solid timber floor
  Timber joist floor
  Timber box element floor
  Steel floor
  Roof
  Parapet
  Pitched roof
  warm deck: Fibre-cement
  external cladding, lightweight
  Pitched roof
  warm deck, monopitch roof: Fibre-cement
  facing masonry
  Pitched roof
  cold deck: Roof tiles
  masonry in brickwork bond
  Pitched roof
  cold deck: Sheet metal
  single-leaf masonry
  Flat roof
  warm deck: Bitumen
  double-leaf masonry, rendered
  Contents note continued: Flat roof
  warm deck: Bitumen
  fair-face concrete with internal insulation
  Flat roof
  warm deck: Plastics
  external cladding, heavyweight
  Flat roof
  warm deck: Bitumen
  non-loadbearing external wall
  Flat roof
  upside-down roof: Bitumen
  external insulation, rendered
  Flat roof
  cold deck, uncoated roof: Bitumen
  timber platform frame construction
  Flat roof
  warm deck, suitable/unsuitable for foot traffic
  Flat roof
  cold deck
  Flat roof
  upside-down roof, with rooftop planting
  APPENDIX
  Further reading
  Picture credits.