Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | TH 2235 .L68 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5160256 |
TH2235 .A426 2013 Sustainable facades : design methods for high-performance building envelopes / | TH 2235 .F33 2007 Facades : principles of construction / | TH 2235 .L48 2001 Construction building envelope and interior finishes databook / | TH 2235 .L68 2010 Building envelopes : an integrated approach / | TH 2235 .W38 2005 Modern construction facades / | TH 2239 .B85 2002 Building & finishing walls & ceilings : drywall, paneling, ceiling tile, wallcovering, trim moldings, texturing. | TH 2270 .W634 2006 Windows & doors / |
Includes bibliographical references.
Feedback loops of form and performance -- Comfort at the scale of the body -- Climate and context -- Interdisciplinary to transdisciplinary -- Materials and fabrication -- Building simulation tools -- Life cycle analysis -- Elements of a holistic approach -- Air: flow and ventilation -- Heat: gain and loss -- Water: systems and collection -- Materials: assemblies and installation -- Daylighting: comfort and control -- Energy: minimizing and maximizing -- Integrated building envelope strategies -- Live/work: adelaide wharf housing and 160 Tooley Street offices -- Deep plan: Harlequin 1 BSkyB transmission and recording facility -- Feedback loops: faculty of English and Institute of criminology -- Plug-ins: Tooley Street Terrace -- Maximizing value: 290 Mulberry Street -- Made to measure: the Charlotte building offices.
Advocates the design of building envelopes in an integrated way, where appearance, use, context, energy performance, structure, and cost are of equal importance in creating cost- and energy-efficient, yet aesthetically pleasing, facades.
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