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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr
Publication date
April 1, 1980
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780195026054
ISBN-10
0195026055
Dimensions
1 by 9 by 11.30 in.
Weight
2.45 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$39.95
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A comprehensive, nonmathematical survey of the principles involved in the design, construction, and functioning of buildings covers every aspect of building function
Amazon.com description: Product Description: What do buildings do, and how do they fuction? Edward Allen's new book provides a full and elegantly articulated answer to these fundamental questions about architecture.
"A house of snow in the Arctic obeys the same physical laws as one of bamboo in the tropics," writes Allen, "and a steel-framed skyscraper is not so far removed from a tree house as we would sometimes believe." But the principles involved in the functioning of buildings has never been clearly laid out in one place. Edward Allen's book is the first comprehensive, nonmathmematical physiology of architecture, and will enable lay people as well as professionals to understand how buildings work.
Every chapter of How Buildings Work concisely describes one aspect of building function. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are chapters on thermal considerations in architecture, keeping water out of buildings, reducing danger from fire, fitting buildings to people, the structural behavior of buildings, and much more. Each is a complete introduction to its topic, and each is unique for the clarity and simplicity with which it describes an often complex phenomenon.
Over 300 original illustrations accompany the text to explain key points. A book of design and construction principles, How Buildings Work will take a natural place among the basic books on architecture and building construction. A comprehensive index and glossary of terms make it a convenient reference manual as well.
"A house of snow in the Arctic obeys the same physical laws as one of bamboo in the tropics," writes Allen, "and a steel-framed skyscraper is not so far removed from a tree house as we would sometimes believe." But the principles involved in the functioning of buildings has never been clearly laid out in one place. Edward Allen's book is the first comprehensive, nonmathmematical physiology of architecture, and will enable lay people as well as professionals to understand how buildings work.
Every chapter of How Buildings Work concisely describes one aspect of building function. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are chapters on thermal considerations in architecture, keeping water out of buildings, reducing danger from fire, fitting buildings to people, the structural behavior of buildings, and much more. Each is a complete introduction to its topic, and each is unique for the clarity and simplicity with which it describes an often complex phenomenon.
Over 300 original illustrations accompany the text to explain key points. A book of design and construction principles, How Buildings Work will take a natural place among the basic books on architecture and building construction. A comprehensive index and glossary of terms make it a convenient reference manual as well.
Editions
Editions for the work How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
Hardcover
3 edition from Oxford Univ Pr (September 1, 2005)
9780195161984 | details & prices | 269 pages | 8.75 × 11.25 × 1.00 in. | 2.56 lbs | List price $45.00
2 sub edition from Oxford Univ Pr (December 7, 1995)
9780195091007 | details & prices | 245 pages | 9.50 × 11.50 × 1.00 in. | 2.60 lbs | List price $45.00
The price comparison is for this edition
9780195026054 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.30 × 1.00 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $39.95
This edition also contains Dx / Rx: Head and Neck Cancer
About: A comprehensive, nonmathematical survey of the principles involved in the design, construction, and functioning of buildings covers every aspect of building function
This edition also contains Dx / Rx: Head and Neck Cancer
About: A comprehensive, nonmathematical survey of the principles involved in the design, construction, and functioning of buildings covers every aspect of building function
Editions for the work Dx / Rx: Head and Neck Cancer
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Edward Allen |
from Oxford Univ Pr (April 1, 1980); titled "How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture"
9780195026054 | details & prices | 9.00 × 11.30 × 1.00 in. | 2.45 lbs | List price $39.95
This edition also contains How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
About: A comprehensive, nonmathematical survey of the principles involved in the design, construction, and functioning of buildings covers every aspect of building function
This edition also contains How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
About: A comprehensive, nonmathematical survey of the principles involved in the design, construction, and functioning of buildings covers every aspect of building function
Paperback
1 edition from Jones & Bartlett Pub (September 4, 2011)
9780763781651 | details & prices | 117 pages | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $75.95
About: Tightly organized into a super-condensed outline bulleted format, Dx/Rx: Head and Neck Cancer details precise, up-to-date information for diagnosis and treatment of cancer of the head and neck.
About: Tightly organized into a super-condensed outline bulleted format, Dx/Rx: Head and Neck Cancer details precise, up-to-date information for diagnosis and treatment of cancer of the head and neck.
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