Constructing architecture
Subtitle: materials, processes, structures : a handbook
By: Andrea Deplazes (ed.) ; translation into English, Gerd H. Söffker, Philip Thrift
Contributors: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. Departement Architektur
Edition: Third, extended edition.
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 587
ISBN-13: 9783038214519; 9783038214526
Subjects: Building materials; Handbooks, manuals; Building; Architecture
Other titles: Archetypes of construction.
Notes: "DARCH ETH"--Cover.

"Added to the third, extended edition is the folder 'Archetypal forms of construction', a comparative overview of the content of this handbook"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 563) and index.
Table of contents: title: Materials/modules. Modules; title: Masonry; title: Concrete; title: Timber; title: Steel; title: Insulation; title: Glass or plastic; title: Elements. Foundation/plinth; title: Facade; title: Opening; title: Floor; title: Roof; title: Stairs, lifts; title: Structures. Forms of construction; title: Building performance, energy; title: Buildings. Selected projects; title: Components. Drawings; title: Foundation/plinth; title: Wall/floor; title: Opening; title: Floor; title: Roof/parapet.