Synopses & Reviews
Understanding Buildings provides students in architecture and other allied disciplines with a basic introduction to building technology in all its aspects. This general, multidisciplinary text provides an overall explanation of the building process through an examination of underlying principles as well as design examples.
In seven chapters, the book discusses structure, enclosure, climate services, utility services, lighting, acoustics, fire safety, and future needs. It is generously illustrated with 400 diagrams, tables, charts, and construction details.
Esmond Reid is an architectural writer and consultant.
Review
"A most useful tool for developing intuition in architectural engineering for architects, engineers, and builders alike." Omer Akin, Carnegie Mellon University The MIT Press
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"[Understanding Buildings] should be required reading in the first years of all schools of architecture."
—Canadian Architect"Understanding Buildings fills the gap between the overly simple and the overly specialized in an admirable way, without oversimplification, unnecessary jargon, or pedantry .... Technical information is introduced in a straightforward, logical manner."
—Eric Dluhosch, MIT"A most useful tool for developing intuition in architectural engineering for architects, engineers, and builders alike."
—Omer Akin, Carnegie Mellon University
Synopsis
Understanding Buildings provides students in architecture and other allied disciplines with a basic introduction to building technology in all its aspects. This general, multidisciplinary text provides an overall explanation of the building process through an examination of underlying principles as well as design examples.In seven chapters, the book discusses structure, enclosure, climate services, utility services, lighting, acoustics, fire safety, and future needs. It is generously illustrated with 400 diagrams, tables, charts, and construction details.Esmond Reid is an architectural writer and consultant.
Synopsis
This general, multidisciplinary text provides an overall explanation of the building process through an examination of underlying principles as well as design examples.
About the Author
James V. Stone is a Reader in the Psychology Department at the University of Sheffield, England and the author of Independent Component Analysis (MIT Press, 2004).