Constructing architecture : materials, processes, structures : a handbook / Andrea Deplazes (ed.) ; [translation into English, Gerd H. Söffker ; Philip Thrift]
Contributor(s): Deplazes, Andrea | Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Departement Architektur.
Material type: TextPublisher: Basel, Switzerland ; Boston, Mass : Birkhäuser, 2008Edition: 2nd, extended ed.Description: 555 p. : ill., plans ; 30 cm.ISBN: 97837643-86313.Subject(s): Building materials -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc"DARCH ETH."--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 531) and index.
Materials/modules. Modules -- Masonry -- Concrete -- Timber -- Steel -- Insulation -- Glass or plastic -- Elements. Foundation/plinth -- Facada -- Opening -- Floor -- Roof -- Stairs, lifts -- Structures. Forms of construction -- Building performance, energy -- Buildings. Selected projects -- Components. Drawings -- Foundation/plinth -- Wall/floor -- Opening -- Floor -- Roof/parapet.