Metric Handbook
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 851
ISBN-13: 9780080557656
Subjects: Architecture
Description: 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 build.
Notes: Front Cover; METRIC HANDBOOK: Planning and Design Data; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination; Chapter 2 Basic design data: People and space; Chapter 3 Practice management; Chapter 4 Capital and whole life costs of buildings; Chapter 5 Design basics: Buildings and movement; Chapter 6 Master planning and urban design; Chapter 7 Landscape design; Chapter 8 Houses and flats; Chapter 9 Student housing and housing for young people; Chapter 10 Homes for older people; Chapter 11 Hotels.

Chapter 12 OfficesChapter 13 Retail shops and stores; Chapter 14 Industrial facilities; Chapter 15 Industrial storage buildings; Chapter 16 Agricultural buildings; Chapter 17 Restaurants and foodservice facilities; Chapter 18 Indoor sports facilities; Chapter 19 Outdoor sports and stadia; Chapter 20 Community centres; Chapter 21 Schools; Chapter 22 Higher education; Chapter 23 Laboratories; Chapter 24 Primary health care; Chapter 25 Hospitals; Chapter 26 Payment and counselling offices; Chapter 27 Public buildings; Chapter 28 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces.

Chapter 29 Libraries and information centresChapter 30 Terminals and transport interchanges; Chapter 31 Designing for vehicles; Chapter 32 Studios for sound and vision; Chapter 33 Auditoria; Chapter 34 Places of worship; Chapter 35 Tropical design; Chapter 36 Structure; Chapter 37 Materials; Chapter 38 Windows, doors, pipes and cables; Chapter 39 Thermal environment; Chapter 40 Light; Chapter 41 Sound; Chapter 42 Fire; Chapter 43 Security; Chapter 44 Access and inclusion; Chapter 45 Access for maintenance; Chapter 46 Service distribution; Appendix A The SI system.

Appendix B Conversion factors and tablesIndex.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Front Cover; METRIC HANDBOOK: Planning and Design Data; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination; Chapter 2 Basic design data: People and space; Chapter 3 Practice management; Chapter 4 Capital and whole life costs of buildings; Chapter 5 Design basics: Buildings and movement; Chapter 6 Master planning and urban design; Chapter 7 Landscape design; Chapter 8 Houses and flats; Chapter 9 Student housing and housing for young people; Chapter 10 Homes for older people; Chapter 11 Hotels.