Designing the Exterior Wall

An Architectural Guide to the Vertical Envelope

Linda Brock

395 pages, parution le 02/08/2005

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Résumé

By presenting the basics of building science along with a prescribed set of details, Designing the Exterior Wall helps you understand why buildings fail and how they can be made more durable through design. Author Linda Brock connects the science and aesthetics of building envelopes through the examination of a variety of construction and cladding types. She features details from real world projects in a variety of climates, successful and unsuccessful case studies, and checklists you can use on your own projects.

Helps you reduce your liability by showing why building envelopes fail and how they can be designed to endure.
Moves from theory to actual construction by including hundreds of building envelope details from a broad array of projects and climates.
Integrates numerous contemporary case studies, including Frank Gehry's Experiential Music Center in Seattle (thin skins), Renzo Piano's Rue de Meaux housing in Paris (terra cotta cladding), and Mario Botta's San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (prefabricated brick panels).

Designing the Exterior Wall is a must-have book, whether you're an architect or a student. Order your copy today.

L'auteur - Linda Brock

Linda Brock, a registered architect in the United States and Canada, is an associate professor directing the building technology program in the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She has given seminars on building envelope design and has conducted investigations of façade failures for more than two decades. Her professional work and research has dealt with masonry, stucco and EIFS, "breathable" walls, energy efficiency, adhered brick systems, and Japanese housing models.

Sommaire

Choosing the components
- Decisions that affect the exterior wall
- Water barriers and flashings
- Air barrier systems, vapor retarders, and insulation
- Sealant joints
Detailing for durability
- Curtain walls
- Anchored brick veneer
- Exterior insulation finish system (EIFS) and concrete masonry walls
- Wood-frame construction, stucco, and fiber-cement siding
Advancing the envelope
- Terra-cotta, EIFS, stone, and brick : are they durable?
- Architect's design kit : form, surface, color, and thick and thin walls
- Wood-frame construction : designing for the climate and the future
- A. Hygrothermal maps
- B. Building form

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Linda Brock
Parution	02/08/2005
Nb. de pages	395
Format	22 x 28,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	1130g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780471451914
ISBN13	978-0-471-45191-4