This book addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful overview of the subject for the student and new practitioner. Written by a well-known specialist in the subject, this new edition of an established text has been brought up to date, incorporating the latest environmental issues. The book covers the main types of cladding systems in detail and explains methods of production, performance characteristics, applications and methods of assembly. Illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings.
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'Everything from cladding manufacture through design to assembly is covered in this book.' Building Design
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Alan J. Brookes has a worldwide reputation as an architect and cladding consultant. He has recently retired as Professor from Delft University of Technology. He is now a director of Alan Brookes Consultants based in Warwick, UK.
Maarten Meijs is a qualified architect who has worked in several architect’s offices in the Netherlands. He is Senior Lecturer at the Delft University of Technology.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Non-loadbearing claddings in building, often in panel form, are most commonly used in conjunction with a structural framework. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
composite metal panels, panel web thickness, baffle groove, foamed panels, aluminium carrier system, rain screen panels, infll panels, tilting moulds, precast concrete cladding panels, cleat fixings, suspended glazing, coffered panels, rain screen principle, profiled sheeting, timber moulds, angle cleats, sheeting rails, sealant joints, trapezoidal profiles, insulation core, strengthening ribs, profiled steel, annealed glass, laminated panels, thermal movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Herman Miller, New York, Sainsbury Centre, Mondial House, Building Research Establishment, Architectural Press, Foster Associates, Milton Keynes, Renzo Piano, East Croydon Station, Fibreglass Ltd, Nicholas Grimshaw Partnership, Renault Centre, Brookes Stacey Randall Fursdon, Building Research Association of New Zealand, Metal Roof Deck Association, Parc de la Villette, Stansted Airport, Winwick Quay, Architectural Cladding Association, British Standards Institution, Bronx Centre, Hubbard Ford, Information Sheet, Method of Building Group New!
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Non-loadbearing claddings in building, often in panel form, are most commonly used in conjunction with a structural framework. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
composite metal panels, panel web thickness, baffle groove, foamed panels, aluminium carrier system, rain screen panels, infll panels, tilting moulds, precast concrete cladding panels, cleat fixings, suspended glazing, coffered panels, rain screen principle, profiled sheeting, timber moulds, angle cleats, sheeting rails, sealant joints, trapezoidal profiles, insulation core, strengthening ribs, profiled steel, annealed glass, laminated panels, thermal movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Herman Miller, New York, Sainsbury Centre, Mondial House, Building Research Establishment, Architectural Press, Foster Associates, Milton Keynes, Renzo Piano, East Croydon Station, Fibreglass Ltd, Nicholas Grimshaw Partnership, Renault Centre, Brookes Stacey Randall Fursdon, Building Research Association of New Zealand, Metal Roof Deck Association, Parc de la Villette, Stansted Airport, Winwick Quay, Architectural Cladding Association, British Standards Institution, Bronx Centre, Hubbard Ford, Information Sheet, Method of Building Group New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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