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Metric handbook : planning and design data /

Contributor(s): Buxton, Pamela [editor.].
Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018Edition: 6th edition.Description: [v], [872] pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780415304405; 9780415304405:; 0415304407; 9781138714687; 1138714682.Subject(s): Building -- Details -- Drawings | Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Metric system | Architecture -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | ArchitectureDDC classification: 720
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Design basics -- Essentials -- Building types.
Summary: 'The Metric Handbook' is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of. As well as buildings the book 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' really is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.
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Includes bibliographical references, index and appendices.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Design basics -- Essentials -- Building types.

'The Metric Handbook' is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of. As well as buildings the book 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' really is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.

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