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The building envelope : applications of new technology cladding / Alan J. Brookes, Chris Grech.

By: Brookes, Alan, 1939-.
Contributor(s): Grech, Chris.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1990Description: xii, 132 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 075061790X .Subject(s): Curtain walls -- Design and construction -- Case studiesDDC classification: 690.1
Contents:
The bandstand at Haarlem -- Benthem and Crouwels's house at Almere -- The Burrel Gallery, Glasgow --Clarke Ascot House, Brisbane -- Conservatory at Kew -- Cribbs Causeway Warehouses, Bristol -- The customs house, Haxeldonk -- Draling Harbour Exhibition Centre -- 1 Finsbury Avenue, London (Phase 1) -- IBM travelling Technology exhibition --Johnson and Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey -- Lloyds of London Atrium -- Locomotive Shed, Preston Dock -- The Menil Museum, Houston Texas -- Museum at Kempsey, New South Wales -- Oculenti Contact Lens Factory, Holland -- Operations Centre for Philip Morris (USA) -- Parc de la Villette, Paris -- Parsons house, London -- Patscenter, Princeton, New Jersey -- The Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton New Jersey -- Sainsbury's Supermarket at Canterbury -- Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre -- Sorting Office, Hemel Hempstead -- Stansted Airport Terminal Building, Essex -- Swindon Leisure Centre -- The Trading Building, Haarlem -- Yacht House System, Woodgreen -- Victoria Plaza Canopy, London -- Kongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong -- New Studios and Galleries, Liverpool
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Cork Centre Architectural Education Lending 690.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00207156
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A survey of advanced technology in architecture and building. By means of 33 case studies of recent buildings incorporating new forms of construction throughout the world, the authors clarify, in a highly illustrative fashion, the various advanced forms of construction, and provide an essential database for designers in the field. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The bandstand at Haarlem -- Benthem and Crouwels's house at Almere -- The Burrel Gallery, Glasgow --Clarke Ascot House, Brisbane -- Conservatory at Kew -- Cribbs Causeway Warehouses, Bristol -- The customs house, Haxeldonk -- Draling Harbour Exhibition Centre -- 1 Finsbury Avenue, London (Phase 1) -- IBM travelling Technology exhibition --Johnson and Johnson World Headquarters, New Brunswick, New Jersey -- Lloyds of London Atrium -- Locomotive Shed, Preston Dock -- The Menil Museum, Houston Texas -- Museum at Kempsey, New South Wales -- Oculenti Contact Lens Factory, Holland -- Operations Centre for Philip Morris (USA) -- Parc de la Villette, Paris -- Parsons house, London -- Patscenter, Princeton, New Jersey -- The Richard J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton New Jersey -- Sainsbury's Supermarket at Canterbury -- Schlumberger Cambridge Research Centre -- Sorting Office, Hemel Hempstead -- Stansted Airport Terminal Building, Essex -- Swindon Leisure Centre -- The Trading Building, Haarlem -- Yacht House System, Woodgreen -- Victoria Plaza Canopy, London -- Kongkong and Shanghai Bank, Hong Kong -- New Studios and Galleries, Liverpool

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