Façades: Principles of Construction - Softcover

Knaack, Ulrich; Klein, Tillmann; Bilow, Marcel; Auer, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3764379626 ISBN 13: 9783764379629

Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture, 2007

Synopsis

This book demonstrates the principles of facade construction. Guidelines are suggested for good detailing. The installation procedures are described for the most common materials – glass, wood, steel, concrete, and aluminum. Numerous drawings made specially for the book explain the principles of the individual types of facade which are then illustrated with built examples.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Ulrich Knaack was formerly an architect in Düsseldorf and is now a professor of construction and design at the Technische Universiteit Delft (Delft University of Technology) and the Fachhochschule Detmold (University of Applied Sciences, Detmold). He is the author of the well-known textbook Konstruktiver Glasbau (Glass Construction). Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Auer is a partner at Transsolar Energietechnik in Stuttgart. He is a specialist in integrated building technology, and since 2001 he has been teaching at Yale University in the field of the Environmental Design of Buildings. Marcel Bilow is a research associate with Prof. Knaack’s chair at the Fachhochschule Lippe & Höxter (Lippe & Höxter University of Applied Sciences) in Detmold, where he directs the field Forschung und Entwicklung (Research and Development).

About this edition

• Publisher: Birkhäuser Architecture
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 3764379626
• ISBN 13: 9783764379629
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 135