Ebook: Modern Construction Envelopes

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Sheet metal....Pages 14-23
Profiled Metal Cladding....Pages 24-33
Composite panels....Pages 34-43
Metal rainscreens....Pages 44-53
Mesh screens....Pages 54-63
Louvre screens....Pages 64-73
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Stick glazing....Pages 76-85
Unitised glazing....Pages 86-95
Clamped glazing....Pages 96-105
Bolt fixed glazing....Pages 106-115
Glass blocks....Pages 116-125
Steel windows....Pages 126-135
Aluminium and PVC-U windows....Pages 136-145
Timber windows....Pages 146-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
Cast in-situ / cast-in-place....Pages 158-167
Storey height precast panels....Pages 168-177
Small precast / GRC cladding panels....Pages 178-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Masonry loadbearing walls: Brick, stone and concrete block....Pages 190-199
Masonry cavity walls: Brick....Pages 200-209
Masonry cavity walls: Stone and concrete block....Pages 210-219
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Stone cladding....Pages 220-229
Terracotta rainscreens....Pages 230-239
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Plastic-based cladding: sealed panels....Pages 242-251
Plastic-based cladding: rainscreens....Pages 252-261
Front Matter....Pages 263-263
Cladding the timber frame....Pages 264-273
Cladding panels and rainscreens....Pages 274-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Metal standing seam....Pages 286-295
Profiled metal sheet....Pages 296-305
Composite panels....Pages 306-315
Rainscreens....Pages 316-325
Metal canopies....Pages 326-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Greenhouse glazing and capped systems....Pages 338-347
Silicone-sealed glazing and rooflights....Pages 348-357
Bolt fixed glazing: small scale rooflights....Pages 358-367
Bolt fixed glazing: large scale rooflights....Pages 368-377
Bonded glass rooflights....Pages 378-387
Front Matter....Pages 389-389
Concealed membrane....Pages 390-399
Exposed membrane....Pages 400-409
Planted....Pages 410-419
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Flat roof: Bitumen-based sheet membranes....Pages 422-431
Front Matter....Pages 421-421
Pitched roof: Tiles....Pages 432-441
Pitched roof: Slates....Pages 442-451
Pitched roof: Metal....Pages 452-461
Front Matter....Pages 463-463
GRP rooflights....Pages 464-473
GRP panels and shells....Pages 474-483
Front Matter....Pages 485-485
ETFE cushions....Pages 486-495
Single membrane: Cone-shaped roof....Pages 496-505
Single membrane: Barrel-shaped roof....Pages 506-515
Back Matter....Pages 516-522