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Metric handbook : planning and design data / edited by David Littlefield.

Contributor(s): Littlefield, David.
Publisher: London : Architectural, 2008Edition: 3rd ed.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 30 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 9780750652810 ; 0750652810.Subject(s): Architecture -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Architecture -- Standards -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Architecture and Planning | Architecture: professional practice | Architecture | Architectural structure & design | MathematicsDDC classification: 692.2 | 721.028 MET
Contents:
Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination -- Basic design data: People and space -- Practice management / David Littlefield -- Capital and whole life costs of buildings / Simon Rawlinson and Maxwell Wilkes -- Design basics: Buildings and movement -- Master planning and urban design / Stuart Foley -- Landscape design / Michael Littlewood -- Houses and flats / Ian Chown -- Student housing and housing for young people / Liz Pride -- Homes for older people / Ian Smith (updated by David Littlefield) -- Hotels / Fred Lawson and John Rawson -- Offices / Frank Duffy with Jay McMahan and Jack Pringle -- Retail shops and stores / Fred Lawson -- Industrial facilities / Jolyon Drury and Ian Brebner -- Industrial storage buildings / Jolyon Drury, updated with advice from Stephen George & partners -- Agricultural buildings / John Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others -- Restaurants and foodservice facilities / Fred Lawson -- Indoor sports facilities / Peter Ackroyd and Gerald Perrin -- Outdoor sports and stadia / Peter Ackroyd, Geraint John and John Rawson -- Community centres / Jim Tanner -- Schools / Andy Thompson, based on previous material by Guy Hawkins with material on Furniture and Equipment by Alison Wadsworth -- Higher education -- Laboratories / Catherine Nikolaou and Neville Surti -- Primary health care / Ann Noble -- Hospitals / David Clarke -- Payment and counselling offices / Derek Montefiore -- Public buildings -- Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces / Geoffrey Matthews -- Libraries and information centres / Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan -- Terminals and transport interchanges -- Designing for vehicles -- Studios for sound and vision / David Binns -- Auditoria / Ian Appleton and Stefanie Fischer -- Places of worship / Leslie Fairweather, Ian Brewerton, Atba Al-Samarraie, David Adler and Derek Kemp -- Tropical design / Patricia Tutt -- Structure / David Adler and Norman Seward -- Materials / Arthur Lyons -- Windows, doors, pipes and cables / Arthur Lyons -- Thermal environment / Phil Jones -- Light / Joe Lynes -- Sound / Neil Spring of Sandy Brown Associates -- Fire / Beryl Menzies -- Security / David Adler -- Access and inclusion / Neil Smith and David Dropkin -- Access for maintenance -- Service distribution.
Summary: This book deals with all the principal building types, ranging from airports, factories and warehouses, offices, shops and hospitals. For each such building type, the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data is given.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 692.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00116315
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 692.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00116316
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 721.028 MET (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000582027
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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Originally devised as a guide for converting from imperial to metric measurements, 'The Metric Handbook' has since been totally transformed into the major handbook of planning and design data for architects. This new edition has been updated to account of the most recent changes to regulation and practice - in particular the increasing emphasis on environmental legislation - to meet the needs of the modern building design professional.

The Metric Handbook deals with all the principal building types from airports, factories and warehouses, offices shops and hospitals, to schools, religious buildings and libraries. For each type the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, as well as succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer may need 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 is a unique authoritative reference for solving everyday planning problems. It has sold well over 100,000 copies worldwide to successive generations of architects and designers - this is a book that truly belongs on every design office desk and drawing board.

Includes index.

Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination -- Basic design data: People and space -- Practice management / David Littlefield -- Capital and whole life costs of buildings / Simon Rawlinson and Maxwell Wilkes -- Design basics: Buildings and movement -- Master planning and urban design / Stuart Foley -- Landscape design / Michael Littlewood -- Houses and flats / Ian Chown -- Student housing and housing for young people / Liz Pride -- Homes for older people / Ian Smith (updated by David Littlefield) -- Hotels / Fred Lawson and John Rawson -- Offices / Frank Duffy with Jay McMahan and Jack Pringle -- Retail shops and stores / Fred Lawson -- Industrial facilities / Jolyon Drury and Ian Brebner -- Industrial storage buildings / Jolyon Drury, updated with advice from Stephen George & partners -- Agricultural buildings / John Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others -- Restaurants and foodservice facilities / Fred Lawson -- Indoor sports facilities / Peter Ackroyd and Gerald Perrin -- Outdoor sports and stadia / Peter Ackroyd, Geraint John and John Rawson -- Community centres / Jim Tanner -- Schools / Andy Thompson, based on previous material by Guy Hawkins with material on Furniture and Equipment by Alison Wadsworth -- Higher education -- Laboratories / Catherine Nikolaou and Neville Surti -- Primary health care / Ann Noble -- Hospitals / David Clarke -- Payment and counselling offices / Derek Montefiore -- Public buildings -- Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces / Geoffrey Matthews -- Libraries and information centres / Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan -- Terminals and transport interchanges -- Designing for vehicles -- Studios for sound and vision / David Binns -- Auditoria / Ian Appleton and Stefanie Fischer -- Places of worship / Leslie Fairweather, Ian Brewerton, Atba Al-Samarraie, David Adler and Derek Kemp -- Tropical design / Patricia Tutt -- Structure / David Adler and Norman Seward -- Materials / Arthur Lyons -- Windows, doors, pipes and cables / Arthur Lyons -- Thermal environment / Phil Jones -- Light / Joe Lynes -- Sound / Neil Spring of Sandy Brown Associates -- Fire / Beryl Menzies -- Security / David Adler -- Access and inclusion / Neil Smith and David Dropkin -- Access for maintenance -- Service distribution.

This book deals with all the principal building types, ranging from airports, factories and warehouses, offices, shops and hospitals. For each such building type, the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data is given.

CIT Module ARCH 6011 - Core reading

CCAE copy - UCC Fund.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. viii)
  • 1 Notation, drawing office practice and dimensional coordination
  • 2 Basic design data
  • 3 Sanitary installations and cloakrooms
  • 4 Design for the vehicle
  • 5 Aids to pedestrian movement
  • 6 Landscape design
  • 7 Terminals and transport interchanges
  • 8 Factories
  • 9 Industrial storage buildings
  • 10 Farm buildings
  • 11 Offices
  • 12 Law courts
  • 13 Retail trading
  • 14 Payment and counselling offices
  • 15 Public service buildings
  • 16 Primary health care
  • 17 Hospitals
  • 18 Eating and drinking
  • 19 Studios for sound and vision
  • 20 Auditoria
  • 21 Community centres
  • 22 Swimming
  • 23 Boating
  • 24 Outdoor sports and stadia
  • 25 Indoor sports
  • 26 Equestrian design
  • 27 Places of worship
  • 28 Schools
  • 29 Higher education
  • 30 Laboratories
  • 31 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces
  • 32 Libraries and information centres
  • 33 Houses and flats
  • 34 Student housing and housing for young people
  • 35 Homes for old people
  • 36 Hotels
  • 37 Tropical design
  • 38 Thermal environment
  • 39 Light
  • 40 Sound
  • 41 Structure
  • 42 Fire
  • 43 Security
  • 44 Access for maintenance
  • 45 Service distribution
  • 46 Materials
  • Appendix A The SI system
  • Appendix B Conversion factors and tables
  • Appendix C List of contributors
  • Index