Metric Handbook
Planning and Design Data
by Pamela Buxton
856 pages· 2015· ISBN 9781317638865
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Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and evolving building typesMany chapters revised including housing, transport, offices, libraries and hotelsNew chapter on flood-aware designSustainable design integrated into chapters throughoutOver 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers - this book belongs in every design studio and architecture school libraryThe Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design information for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types,
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