Title: Housing /
Authors: Macsai, John,; Hidvegi, Alfred J.
Date: 1982
Publisher: Wiley,
Physical description: xv, 590 pages : illustrations, plans ; 29 cm
Language: English
LC classification: T
Abstract: An updated reference source providing easy access to the design, building, financing and management of multi-family housing. Dissects housing into its various components: architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, behavioral and financial. Synthesizes all factors through the design methodology of high, low, and midrise prototypes. Includes important coverage of housing for the elderly and the handicapped; energy conservation; pre-cast and pre-stressed techniques and context sensitivity. Features 87 outstanding projects illustrated with photos, plans, site plans and cost data; extensive bibliography and over 600 illustrations.
Contents: 1. Data gathering / John Macsai -- 2. Components of design : architectural / John Macsai -- 3. Components of design : structural / Eugene P. Holland -- 4. Components of design : HVAC / Harry S. Nachman -- 5. Components of design : plumbing / Harry S. Nachman -- 6. Components of design : electrical / Harry S. Nachman -- 7. Components of design : social and behavioral / James R. Anderson -- 8. Components of design : development and financing / Jared Shlaes -- 9. Design methodology / John Macsai.
Notes: "A Wiley-Interscience publication." Includes index.
Subject headings (LCSH): Apartment houses.; Architecture, Domestic.