Kategoria BISAC: Architecture >> Methods & Materials

Pargeting is the decoration of plastered and rendered finishes on the outside of a building. It is an art and craft that dates back many centuries and varies considerably in technique. Today pargeting is mainly associated with East Anglia, but it once had a wider distribution; many good examples have been lost through neglect, redevelopment, changing taste and fire. There is now a revival of interest in pargeting, and craftsmen are again being commissioned to produce new work.
Tim Buxbaum is a chartered architect whose practice believes in good new building design and the sensitive...

Collaborative working and partnering between the public and private sectors has been fairly standard practice in some form or other for over 100 years, but it is only in recent years that it has become more prevalent. In the UK, it is little more than ten years since the most widely known Public Private Partnership (PPP), the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), was launched and yet it has already been described by some as 'the new economic paradigm.'

Public Private Partnerships in Construction is an authoritative and objective source of information on PPPs, including lessons...

Stahlbeton war der erfolgreichste Baustoff im letzten Jahrhundert und wird es auf absehbare Zeit auch bleiben. Die fur die richtige Anwendung dieses Materials notwendigen Grundlagen fur die Berechnung von Stahlbetonbauteilen vermitteln die Autoren leicht verstandlich. Neben den genormten Regeln fur die Bemessung und die Konstruktion werden die mechanischen Grundlagen und die Wirkungsweise des Verbundwerkstoffes erklart. Da die richtige Bemessung von Stahlbeton oft als schwierig empfunden wird, geben viele Grafiken anschauliche Erklarungen. Im Anschluss an jedes Kapitel zeigen einfache...

Glass Construction is one of the most varied and innovative areas of structural design. This volume helps to build an understanding of the construction material and its possible applications.

Drawing on a wealth of practical experience, both in the construction industry and teaching students, Chris March presents this study of construction management and the major aspects of controlling the building process.

Covering the stages from the client's initiation, to the final handover of the building, March includes evidence from those currently working in the industry, and covers the key industry requirements: knowing that in today's market place, those entering the field must be aware of how projects are financed and controlled, and to financially run and maintain a...

Auch im Computer-Zeitalter ist die klassische Baustatik die Grundlage aller Standsicherheitsnachweise fur Bauten. Dieses Lehrbuch fuhrt anhand vieler Beispiele in die komplexen Zusammenhange der Stabstatik ein. Es soll Verstandnis fur den Wirkungsmechanismus der Baukonstruktionen wecken und das Grundwissen zur Berechnung von Tragwerken vermitteln. Die 2. Auflage wurde insbesondere im Hinblick auf die neuen Eurocodes erganzt und aktualisiert. Geeignet vor allem fur Studierende zur Begleitung von Lehrveranstaltungen sowie zur Prufungsvorbereitung."

This book provides an overview of prefabricated systems in housing, office, and industrial buildings. It explains the processes of modular construction and the behavior of materials with this approach. Many drawings show the principles of modular construction, while built examples forge a link to building practice.