The modern airport terminal : new approaches to airport architecture / / Brian Edwards

• Autore: Edwards Brian <1944-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Spon Press, , 2005
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 725/.39
• Soggetto topico: Airport terminals; Public architecture
• Altri autori: EdwardsBrian <1944->
• Note generali: Previous ed.: published as The modern terminal. 1997.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 274) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; Part One: Airport design; 1 The airport industry; 2 The airport as a unique twentieth-centurybuilding type; 3 Relationship between airports, terminalsand aircraft design; 4 Layout, growth and access to airports; 5 Masterplanning airports; Part Two: Terminal design; 6 The terminal as part of the airport system; 7 Procurement and managementof terminals; 8 Flexibility and permanence inairport design; 9 The terminal as a movement system; 10 Baggage handling; 11 Terminal design concepts ; 12 Conflict between function and meaning inthe design of terminals13 Passenger types, space standardsand territories; 14 Technical standards; Part Three: Case studies; 15 Major international airport terminals; 16 National airport terminals; 17 Regional airport terminals; 18 Other airport structures; Part Four: The airport of the future; 19 Characteristics of twenty-first-century airports; 20 The terminal of the future; Glossary; Bibliography; Illustration acknowledgements; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This comprehensive guide to the planning and design of airport terminals and their facilities covers all types of airport terminal found around the world and highlights the environmental and technical issues that the designer has to address. Contemporary examples are critically reviewed through a series of case studies. This new edition covers the most recent examples of high quality, technically advanced designs from the Far East, Europe and North America. This book will be a source of inspiration and guiding principles for those who design, commission or manage airport buildings.
• Titolo autorizzato: The modern airport terminal
• ISBN: 1-56496-545-7; 1-134-53763-8; 1-134-53764-6; 1-280-15436-5; 0-203-64687-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820860203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II