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  Metric Handbook (Paperback) By (author) David Littlefield

  

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  Short Description for Metric HandbookA handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. It covers basic design data for various major building types. It gives the basic design requirements and various principal dimensional data, and guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of.
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  • Publisher: Architectural Press
  • Published: 18 April 2012
  • Format: Paperback 880 pages
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  • Categories: Architectural Structure & Design
  • ISBN 13: 9781856178068 ISBN 10: 1856178064
  • Sales rank: 14,908

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Full description for Metric Handbook

• * Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types. * Sustainable design integrated into chapters. * Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers -- this book belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of. As well as buildings the Metric Handbook deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. The Metric Handbook really is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.