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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823316003321

Autore

Allen Edward

Titolo

How buildings work : the natural order of architecture / / Edward Allen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-19-771377-7

0-19-028990-2

1-280-83844-2

0-19-803666-3

1-4294-0267-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online.

Disciplina

721

Soggetti

Buildings - Environmental engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previous edition: 1995.

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue: Sustainable Building; WHAT BUILDINGS DO; HOW BUILDINGS WORK; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A new edition of this comprehensive guide to how buildings work, packed with illustrations & with insight into how to design better buildings.