Metric Handbook
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Originally devised as a guide for converting from imperial to metric measurements, "The Metric Handbook" has since been totally transformed into the major handbook of planning and design data for architects. This new edition has been updated to account of the most recent changes to regulation and practice in particular the increasing emphasis on environmental legislation - to meet the needs of the modern building design professional. "The Metric Handbook" deals with all the principal building types from airports, factories and warehouses, offices shops and hospitals, to schools, religious buildings and libraries.For each type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, as well as succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer may need to be aware of. As well as buildings "The Metric Handbook" deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. "The Metric Handbook" is a unique authoritative reference for solving everyday planning problems. It has sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide to successive generations of architects and designers this is a book that truly belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. It is the tried and trusted source of information for all basic design data with every important type of public and private building dealt with, from homes to hospitals, from law courts to laboratories.
Table of Contents: Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional co-ordination; basic design data; sanitary installations and cloakrooms; design for the vehicle; aids to pedestrian movement; landscape design; terminals and transport interchanges; factories; industrial storage buildings; farm buildings; offices; law courts; retail trading; payment offices and counselling offices; public service buildings; primary health care; hospitals; eating and drinking; studios for sound and vision; auditoria; community centers; swimming; boating; outdoor sports and stadia; indoor sports; equestrian design; places of worship; schools; higher education; laboratories; museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces; libraries and information centers; houses and flats; student housing and housing for young people; homes for old people; hotels; tropical; thermal environment; light; sound; structure; fire security; access for maintenance; service distribution; materials.
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Originally devised as a guide for converting from imperial to metric measurements, "The Metric Handbook" has since been totally transformed into the major handbook of planning and design data for architects. This new edition has been updated to account of the most recent changes to regulation and practice in particular the increasing emphasis on environmental legislation - to meet the needs of the modern building design professional. "The Metric Handbook" deals with all the principal building types from airports, factories and warehouses, offices shops and hospitals, to schools, religious buildings and libraries.For each type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, as well as succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer may need to be aware of. As well as buildings "The Metric Handbook" deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. "The Metric Handbook" is a unique authoritative reference for solving everyday planning problems. It has sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide to successive generations of architects and designers this is a book that truly belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. It is the tried and trusted source of information for all basic design data with every important type of public and private building dealt with, from homes to hospitals, from law courts to laboratories.
Table of Contents: Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional co-ordination; basic design data; sanitary installations and cloakrooms; design for the vehicle; aids to pedestrian movement; landscape design; terminals and transport interchanges; factories; industrial storage buildings; farm buildings; offices; law courts; retail trading; payment offices and counselling offices; public service buildings; primary health care; hospitals; eating and drinking; studios for sound and vision; auditoria; community centers; swimming; boating; outdoor sports and stadia; indoor sports; equestrian design; places of worship; schools; higher education; laboratories; museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces; libraries and information centers; houses and flats; student housing and housing for young people; homes for old people; hotels; tropical; thermal environment; light; sound; structure; fire security; access for maintenance; service distribution; materials.
Review for Metric Handbook: "This is a brilliant book! As a design manager for a large construction company, it is invaluable to have a ready source of all those data that allow me to check for a complete and workable. Just about every type of public and private building or facility is dealt with, from farms to factories and from law courts to laboratories."
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| Author: | David Adler |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Pages: | 856 |
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