Understanding Buildings: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Reid

ISBN 10: 0262680548 / ISBN 13: 9780262680547

Published by MIT PRESS, USA, 1988

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Used good, Text appears to be clean! Cover has some wear. Spine is in good condition! 214 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Education; ISBN: 0262680548. ISBN/EAN: 9780262680547. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 1561020069.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Buildings: A Multidisciplinary Approach
• Publisher: MIT PRESS, USA
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262680548
• ISBN 13: 9780262680547
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: Edition Unstated.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

About this title

Synopsis

Understanding Buildings provides students in architecture and other allied disciplines with a basic introduction to building technology in all its aspects. This general, multidisciplinary text provides an overall explanation of the building process through an examination of underlying principles as well as design examples. In seven chapters, the book discusses structure, enclosure, climate services, utility services, lighting, acoustics, fire safety, and future needs. It is generously illustrated with 400 diagrams, tables, charts, and construction details.Esmond Reid is an architectural writer and consultant.

About the Author

James V. Stone is a Reader in the Psychology Department at the University of Sheffield, England and the author of Independent Component Analysis (MIT Press, 2004).