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Courtyard Houses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 113

Courtyard Houses

This volume deals with the various types of the courtyard house, which utilizes the courtyard as an intimate outdoor living space. A presentation of the courtyard as a building block of the city is followed by coverage of the complete spectrum of types—cluster, network, carpet, terraces, etc.

Row Houses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 113

Row Houses

This book is devoted to the various types of row house, a particularly widespread form of residential structure. A general discussion of the row as organizing principle—the row as urban building block, linear space, ways of handling corners—is followed by the systematic presentation of the different types.

Residential Buildings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 432

Residential Buildings

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-04-28
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  • Publisher: Birkhäuser

The systematic development of building types is an important task in housing construction. A deeper understanding of the underlying building types is mandatory, both for individual designs and for the wider application and variation of tried-and-tested structures. The authors have developed an innovative, drawing-based approach for unfolding the potentials of several existing building types for the future of urban housing. The first part is dedicated to the courtyard house, in which the courtyard is used as a private outside living space. The second part deals with the popular form of the terraced house and discusses aspects of corner solutions or terraced developments as an urban design ele...

Town Houses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Town Houses

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-01-18
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  • Publisher: Birkhauser

The third volume of this typology of residential buildings deals with the different types of the townhouse. The authors present them according to urban constellation: row, twin-row, block perimeter and infill sites.

Masonry Construction Manual
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

Masonry Construction Manual

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The Masonry Construction Manual examines the wide range of possibilities stone and brickwork offer in building. It documents in great detail the technical principles and methods of building with these materials, examines their properties, the sizes and forms of bricks and stones, the bonds, and the behaviour of stone and brickwork under stress. In addition, full information is provided on the requirements with respect to heat, damp, sound-proofing and fire protection, and the most recent standards and norms are listed. Finally, a large number of built examples are presented, complete with plans and details, all of which illustrate the many applications of stone and brickwork in contemporary construction. All plans have been drawn at equal scale especially for this book to ensure best legibility and easy comparison. The construction manuals from Edition Detail have set new standards in the field of specialist literature, becoming an indispensable part of any architect's library.

Freestanding Houses
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 120

Freestanding Houses

To continue developing existing building types in an intelligent way is a crucial task in the field of residential building. For the success of the individual design, as well as for ensuring that tried and tested structures can be utilized, repeated, and varied, a deeper grasp of the underlying types is indispensable. For this typology of residential buildings, the authors have developed systematic new presentations of the most innovative types. Each individual volume lays out the possibilities for using and transforming a particular form of residential structure. The fourth volume deals with the types of freestanding houses, whose all-around orientation allows for the optimal arrangement of all dwellings. A presentation of the freestanding house as an isolated element and as a building block for larger structures is followed by discussions of topics such as self-sufficiency versus neighborhoods, "Raumplan" versus "plan libre," and individuality versus density. Within each type, variants are distinguished according to type of access, number of floors, etc. The range of possible solutions is presented in uniform ground plans and sections newly drawn to scale.

Constructing Architecture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 499

Constructing Architecture

Now in its second edition: the trailblazing introduction and textbook on construction includes a new section on translucent materials and an article on the use of glass.

Exposed Concrete
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 224

Exposed Concrete

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2005
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  • Publisher: Birkhaüser

"Today exposed concrete is enjoying a renaissance as an important material in architecture. In addition to opening up new possibilities in construction it has led us to discover many different forms of surface structure. The quality of the exposed surface depends on numerous factors and is difficult to achieve in practice merely by following a set of rules for creating exposed concrete surfaces. For a discerning design it is not always a matter of simply providing a blemish-free surface. However, in every case, a high degree of precise skill and craftsmanship is demanded from those involved." "Leaving a concrete surface visible from the inside or outside meets the need to lay the structure a...

Sacred Buildings
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 241

Sacred Buildings

In a systematic section, this volume introduces the design, technical, and planning fundamentals of building churches, synagogues, and mosques. In its project section, it also presents about seventy realized structures from the last three decades.

Materials
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 274

Materials

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