- 256 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Illustrated Building Pocket Book
About this book
Building and architecture has developed a language of its own, with terms and jargon that can confuse an expert let alone an outsider. Misunderstandings over what a word means can be irritating but unimportant, but could in the worst cases be costly or even dangerous.
Traditional building dictionaries rely on the reader to already know what the correct word is, and that's not always the case. Roxanna McDonald's technique is radically different, and makes full use of the power of visual communication to convey information. Each stage of the building and design process is illustrated, and each hand-drawn illustration is carefully labelled with the relevant technical terms, to ensure that each term is used correctly and consistently by everyone working on a project.
The 'Illustrated Building Pocket Book' is a radical approach to the age-old problem of the ambiguous use of technical language in building and architecture. By using drawings – which leave little room for ambiguity – clarity, safety and certainty can be achieved.
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Index
Abutment, 77
Account (final), 45
Accuracy, 52
Accurate survey, 52
Acroterion, 11
Acts, 40
Adaptor, 175
Air brush, 10
Air conditioning plant, 179
Air handling unit, 134
Aisle (church), 18, 19
Aisle (cattle), 26
Altar, 19
Alternative sources of energy, 199
Ambulatory, 30
Angle, 119
Angle bead, 104
Angle cleat, 149
Angle joint, 129
Angle of obstruction, 36
Angle of acceptance, 36
Angle poise lamp, 9
Appraisal (development), 43
Appraisal (financial), 46
Approved documents (building regulations), 39
Approximate (quantities estimating), 44
Apron flashing, 117
Apse, 19
Arcade (brick), 77
Arch (flat), 83
Arch (semicircular), 83
Arch (Gothic), 19
Arch braced roof, 93
Architect, 46, 47
Architrave, 11, 104
Arris, 78
Ashlar, 81, 83
“A” sizes, 7
Assembly truss, 98
Assembly rafter, 99
Astragal, 13
Automatic pencil, 10
Axonometric projection, 5
Baffle, 92
Baluster, 127
Balustrade, 25
Ballast, 62
Balleting, 88
Ball valve, 173
Bar (reinforcement), 137
Bar (pressure), 145
Barbican, 20
Bark, 157
Barn shapes, 31, 32
Barn (cruck framed), 22
Barn (threshing), 27
Barrel bolt, 149
Bartizan, 20
Base, 83
Base bed, 86
Base line, 57
Basement (dry area), 77
Basic module, 7
Bat, 84
Battens, 97
Batter, 88
Bay (cart), 32
Bay...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- I. General Architecture
- II. Controls
- III. Construction Process
- IV. The Building Site
- V. The Building Fabric
- VI. The Environmental Conditions
- References
- Index