Architect's pocket book [[electronic resource] /] / Charlotte Baden-Powell ; updated by Jonathan Hetreed and Ann Ross

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810129303321
• Autore: Baden-Powell Charlotte <1936->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; Boston, : Architectural Press, 2011
• ISBN: 9780080969916 (e-book); 9780080969596 (pbk.)
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 345 p.) : ill. maps
• Altri autori (Persone): HetreedJonathan; RossAnn <1955->
• Disciplina: 720.941
• Soggetti: Architecture - Great Britain; Architectural design - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previous ed.: 2008.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. General Information -- 2. Planning, Policy and Guidance -- 3. Structures -- 4. Services -- 5. Building Elements -- 6. Materials -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis - on site or in the studio. It provides guidance on a range of tasks, from complying with the Building Regulations, including the recent revisions to Part L, to helping with planning, use of materials and detailing. Compact and easy to use, the Architect’s Pocket Book has sold well over 65,000 copies to the nation’s architects, architecture students, designers and construction professionals who do not have an architectural background but need to understand the basics, fast. This is the famous little blue book that you can’t afford to be without.