Modern Construction Handbook

Andrew Watts

Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Modern Construction Handbook

Andrew Watts

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035624960

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About this book

New edition of the popular handbook

The Modern Construction Handbook has become a classic of advanced construction literature, not least due to its regular revisions and clear structure with chapters titled “Material”, “Wall”, “Roof”, “Structure”, “Environment,” and “Applications”.

Tried and tested component details, examples focusing on sustainability and energy consumption, and an update on finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) introduced in the last edition set new standards for this handbook which serves as a foundational textbook in many architecture courses.

As a primer Handbook to building design, it is a starting point for the more advanced books Modern Construction Envelopes, Modern Construction Case Studies, Modern Environmental Design and Modern Structural Design by Andrew Watts.

Relevant details and examples for studies
The most important aspects of building design covered in six chapters
Project-neutral drawings

Author / Editor information

Andrew Watts an architect and engineer and the author of the Modern Construction series of textbooks. He specialises in the architectural and engineering design of large-scale buildings of complex form. Andrew is a founding director of Newtecnic. He is a Fellow of three UK engineering institutions in recognition of his engineering-based designs; the Institution of Civil Engineers; the Institution of Engineering Designers; the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Andrew holds charterships in the UK for architecture and engineering from the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Institution of Engineering Designers. In the US, he holds an ASCE membership.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	2
INTRODUCTION
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Governing aspects of design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Information layout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	8
Design motivation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
Materials and assembly Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Performance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Realisation of architectural intent through integration of strategies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
Relation to other design industries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
Application cases Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
The Modern Construction Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
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1 MATERIALS
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1 Steel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
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2 WALLS
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3 ROOFS
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4 STRUCTURE
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5 ENVIRONMEN
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6 APPLICATIONS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
REFERENCES
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(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 6th ed.
Audience: Architekten, Architekturstudierende
Pages
- Main content: 504
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 1740
Keywords: Architecture; building construction; text book; materials; roofs; walls; structure; environment; applications

eBook

Published: November 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624960

Hardcover

Published: November 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624946

Paperback

Published: November 21, 2022
ISBN: 9783035624953