The way we build now : form, scale, and technique / Andrew Orton ; illustrated by Michael L.C. Ong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orton, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building.

Structural engineering.

Building materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (545 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Spon, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book examines the structural and construction design of buildings. The first part presents an overview of materials and structural forms taking the point of view of the designer, architect and engineer. The second part is an extensive examination of over 70 case studies. They have been carefully selected and tightly structured to present a summary of established modern methods of building construction. It contains copious ready-reference charts of design information, numerous photographs and meticulous axonometric drawings. The book is international in scope. Dual units are used throughout (SI and Imperial) and nearly half the case studies are taken from the USA. Cases are also drawn from Canada, Europe, Africa, Malaysia, Hong Kong as well as 25 from the UK.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""The way we build now: form, scale and technique""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One Building Materials ""; ""PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS""; ""MASONRY""; ""CEMENT AND CONCRETE""; ""METAL""; ""WOOD""; ""PLASTIC""; ""FABRIC""; ""GLASS""; ""Tables""; ""Chapter Two Building Structures ""; ""STRESS AND STRAIN""; ""JOINTS""

""CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDING STRUCTURES""""SIMPLY SUPPORTED BEAMS""; ""CONTINUOUS BEAMS""; ""TIES AND COLUMNS""; ""TRUSSES AND RETICULATED STRUCTURES""; ""ARCHES AND CABLES""; ""FRAMES""; ""FLOOR AND ROOF SYSTEMS""; ""BUILDING SYSTEMS""; ""HIGH RISE BUILDINGS""; ""PROPERTIES OF SURFACES""; ""MEMBRANE STRUCTURES""; ""STRUCTURAL FORM AND SCALE""; ""LOAD PATHS""; ""Tables""; ""Chapter Three Building Physics ""; ""INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT""; ""HEAT TRANSFER""; ""INTERMITTENT HEATING AND COOLING""

""CLIMATE""""HEATING AND COOLING LOADS""; ""THERMODYNAMICS""; ""AIR CONDITIONING""; ""PLANT OPERATION""; ""WALLS AND ROOFS""; ""CONDENSATION""; ""LIGHTING""; ""GLARE""; ""COLOUR""; ""DAYLIGHT""; ""ARTIFICIAL LIGHT""; ""SOUND""; ""SOUND ABSORPTION""; ""SOUND INSULATION""; ""ROOM ACOUSTICS""; ""Chapter Four Fire Safety ""; ""COMPARTMENT FIRE""; ""TEMPERATURE AND DURATION OF FIRE""; ""SPREAD OF FIRE AND SMOKE""; ""PASSIVE FIRE PROTECTION""; ""ACTIVE FIRE PROTECTION""; ""FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN BUILDINGS""

""PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS IN FIRE""""Chapter Five Houses and Community Buildings ""; ""Woolstone Houses, Milton Keynes, England""; ""Keldy Castle Forest Cabins, Cropton, Yorkshire, England""; ""IBM Exhibition Pavilion, Europe""; ""South Poplar Health Centre, London, England""; ""Sixth Form College, Alton, Hampshire, England""; ""Schulitz House, Beverly Hills, California, USA""; ""Marin Tennis Club, San Raphael, California, USA""

""Dune Houses, Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA""""West Beach Bathhouse, Chesterton, Indiana, USA""; ""Chapter Six Office Buildings ""; ""TRADA Offices, High Wycombe, England""; ""1111 Nineteenth Street NW, Washington DC, USA""; ""Chloride Technical Offices and Workshop, Swinton, Manchester, England""; ""Havas Conseil Offices, Neuilly, France""; ""Banque Beige Offices, London, England""; ""Slough Estates House, Slough, England""; ""Scottish Mutual House, Leeds, England""

""Mercantile Bank Tower, Kansas City, Missouri, USA""

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Wokingham, Berkshire, England : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1988.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-136-73716-2

1-138-17522-6

1-315-02468-3

1-136-73709-X

9781315024684

OCLC:

860714116