Building skins : concepts, layers, materials
By: Christian Schittich (ed.) ; [translation (German/English): Peter Green, Elizabeth Schwaiger].
Contributors: Schittich, Christian.
Series: In detail
Publisher: Edition Detail; Birkhäuser; Birkhauser Verlag; Birkhauser
Published: 2001
Place of publication: München; Basel
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Facades; Building materials; Architectural design
Description: This text focuses on the wide-ranging aspects of facade design, from the selection and use of materials to the advanced technical possibilities now open to the architect. International examples with plans and details show the theory in practice.
Notes: Translated from the original German.