Skins. Envelopes. and Enclosures: Concepts for Designing Building Exteriors

Integrate the best building envelope construction methods materials science and structural principles in your work using this book as a resource to help youÉ With more than seventy significant case studies located in North America South America Europe and Asia from prehistory to the present this book illuminates the theory and techniques of assembling exteriors. Six chapters organized by wall types from hand-set monolithic walls to digitally fabricated curtain walls each have a material focus section to help you understand their intrinsic properties so that you can decide which will best keep the weather out of your building. Examples from the ancient world including the Pyramids and the Great Wall through a range of renowned modern architects such as Studio Gang Sauerbruch Hutton Herzog and deMeuron and Rafael Moneo illustrate how significant works in the history of architecture explored innovative use of materials Ð stone brick concrete glass and aluminium. Along the way principles of construction from masonry and basic framing through ever more sophisticated envelope systems address classic problems presented by gravity wind rain and sun with studies of lateral forces building movements and materials that bridge the gaps in between them.

Hardcover: 280 pages

Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 14 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0415899788

ISBN-13: 978-0415899789

Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.8 x 9.8 inches

Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds