Materials for Architects and Builders, Third Edition

By Arthur Lyons

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: 2006-12-11
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750669403
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750669405
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Materials for Architects and Builders provides an introduction to a wide range of building materials. It explains in detail the manufacture, key physical properties, specification and uses of the standard building products, everything a student would need to know. The book also describes many recent technological innovations and rediscovered materials, reflecting an increased concern for environmental issues within the Industry.

This new edition has been completely updated to reflect the amended Building Regulations, the latest British and European Standards as well as incorporating current advice and information from the Building Research Establishment.

Dr Arthur Lyons is a teacher fellow and principal lecturer in building materials at the Leicester School of Architecture within the Faculty of Art and Design at De Montfort University, UK. He has taught the subject of building materials for thirty five years to a wide range of students within the built environment disciplines.

* The text covers the widest range of materials from standard products to ecofriendly materials and components
* Up-to-date with respect to the latest Building Regulations and European & British Standards.
* Well illustrated with many colour images showing typical use of the materials in high quality construction.

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Building a New Millennium: Bauen Im Neuen Jahrtausend, Construire UN Nouveau Millenaire (Specials)

By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 1999-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3822863904
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783822863909
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

The earth seems smaller after reading this ambitious book. Its aim: to present the world's most exciting new buildings as humanity enters the new millennium. The book illustrates and analyzes more than 80 projects by 50 well-known architects. While acknowledging the existence of local styles, Philip Jodidio--editor of a prestigious French art journal--emphasizes the global nature of architecture today. The selection of buildings here is truly multicultural, from the new Hong Kong airport and Kyoto's train station to daringly designed homes, schools, museums, even contrasting styles of crematoria (one each from Germany and Japan). With new "space age" materials and very large sums of public and private money, today's architects experiment in creating innovative spaces in which cultural, religious, and other more mundane events can be experienced. The buildings often seem ends in themselves: a $10 million museum in Seoul houses just two Rodin sculptures in a light-filled, inspirational environment; the Jewish Museum in Berlin deliberately opened empty, with no collection of any sort, the dark, jagged architecture sending its own message. The book's international flavor is enhanced by the practice of the publisher, Taschen, to offer text in three languages: English, German, and French. This presents design difficulties that are handled well, with text boxes, alternating triple columns, and restful light-blue "breathing spaces." Descriptions of the buildings are succinct and informative, the photographs of high quality. Building a New Millennium is a successful portrait of the state of architecture at this moment in our accelerating global culture. --John Stevenson

On Span and Space: Architectural Structures Explored

By Bjorn Sandaker
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 209
Publication Date: 2007-12-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041535787X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415357876
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

In this well-illustrated book, Bjorn Sandaker has set out to provide the reader with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture. The technology of load-bearing structures is a key contributor to architecture. A major aspect of the book is its coverage of structure and aesthetics. As an experienced teacher and writer, Sandaker offers a well-founded aesthetic theory to support the understanding and evaluation of a structure's form and design.

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