Constructing Architecture: Materials, Processes, Structures. a Handbook - Hardcover

by Andrea Deplazes (Editor)

The English 5th Edition of the Handbook

Systematically structured and didactically prepared, the book conveys in one volume the necessary basic technical and constructive building knowledge to enable readers to implement a wide range of designs. or this reason, over the last 18 years, it has developed into an indispensable information and reference handbook, not only for students and teachers, but also for architects.

The English 5th edition of this standard work for building design has also been further revised in terms of content and expanded by 16 pages on sustainable building.

• The worldwide recognized construction handbook for architects
• Systematically structured and prepared with the student in mind, with an overview poster as navigation aid in world format
• Additional 16 pages "Basics of sustainable construction"
• Also available in German and French

Author Biography

Prof. Andrea Deplazes, Architecture and Construction Department, ETH Zurich