How buildings work
Subtitle: the natural order of architecture
By: Edward Allen ; drawings by David Swoboda and Edward Allen.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: Buildings -- Environmental engineering
Other titles: Natural order of architecture
Description: Illustrated throughout with several hundred clear, sometimes whimsical line drawings, more than half of them from the author's own hand, this easy-to-read work reveals virtually every secret of a building's function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies - and why some buildings do this so much better than others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.