Way we build now : form scale and technique
Orton, Andrew
Way we build now : form scale and technique - London Spon Press 1988 - xiv,530p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments Introduction
Building Materials
Properties of Materials 1
Masonry 2
Cement and Concrete 4
Metal 9
Wood 13
Plastic 16
Fabric 18
Glass 20
Tables 22
Building Structures 55
Stress and Strain 56
Joints 58
Classification of Building Structures 63
Simply Supported Beams 64
Continuous Beams 69
Ties and Columns 70
Trusses and Reticulated Structures 72
Arches and Cables 74
Frames 76
Floor and Roof Systems 78
Building Systems
High Rise Buildings 84
Properties of Surfaces 67
Membrane Structures
Structural Form and Scale 96
Load Paths 98
Tables 101
Building Physics 129
Internal Environment 129
Heat Transfer 130
Intermittent Heating and Cooling 133
Climate 135
Heating and Cooling Loads 138
Thermodynamics 140
Air Conditioning 143
Plant Operation 150
Walls and Roofs 154
Condensation 164
Lighting 167
Glare 170
Colour 171
Daylight 172
Artificial Light 175
Sound 177
Sound Absorption 178
Sound Insulation 180
Room Acoustics 185
Fire Safety 189
Compartment Fire 189
Temperature and Duration of Fire 191
Spread of Fire and Smoke 192
Passive Fire Protection 193
Active Fire Protection 197
Fire Precautions in Buildings 198
Properties of Materials in Fire 200
5. Houses and Community Buildings 203
Woolstone Houses,
Milton Keynes, England 204
Keldy Castle Forest Cabins,
Cropton, Yorkshire, England 208
IBM Exhibition Pavilion,
Europe 212
South Poplar Health Centre,
London, England 216
Sixth Form College, Alton,
Hampshire, England 220
Schulitz House,
Beverly Hills, California, USA 224
Marin Tennis Club,
San Raphael, California, USA 228
Dune Houses,
Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA 231
Beach Bathhouse,
Chesterton, Indiana, USA 234
6. Office Buildings 237
TRADA Offices,
High Wycombe, England 238
1111 Nineteenth Street NW,
Washington DC, USA 241
Chloride Technical Offices & Workshop,
Swinton, Manchester, England 244 Havas Conseil Offices,
Neuilly, France 247
Banque Beige Offices,
London, England 250
Slough Estates House,
Slough, England 254
Scottish Mutual House,
Leeds, England 258
Mercantile Bank Tower,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 262
Baring Brothers Offices,
London, England 266
Federal Reserve Bank,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 270
Gateway House,
Basingstoke, England 274
Centraal Beheer Offices,
Apeldoorn, Holland 280
One Finsbury Avenue,
London, England 286
7 Public Buildings 291
St Anne's Church, Fawley Court,
Henley-on-Thames, England 292
Kron Apotheke,
Stuttgart, West Germany 295
South Holland Centre,
Spalding. England 298
St Antony's College,
Oxford, England 302
Guilford County Courthouse,
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA308
Design Research Building,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 313
Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, France 316
Boston City Hall, 1
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 324
8. Residential Buildings 329
Boulton House,
Cambridge, England 330
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Lexington, Kentucky, USA 336
The Harewood Hotel,
London, England 339
Elizabeth House,
Leicester, England 342
William Stone Building,
Cambridge, England 346
Spelman Hails,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA 350
9. Highly Serviced Buildings 355
Yale Center for British Art,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA 356
Biochemical Sciences Laboratory,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA 361
Wellesley College Science Center,
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA 364
Sainsbury Centre,
Norwich, England 367
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health
Center, Brooklyn, USA 372
Nucleus Hospital, 376
Maidstone, England
10 Sports and Storage Buildings 3gi Sankey Warehouse,
Epsom, England 382
Penguin Books Warehouse,
Harmondsworth, England 386
Anacostia Park Pavilion,
Washington DC, USA 390
St Mary's Athletic Facility,
Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 393,
Sports Hall for School of Gymnastics &
Sport, Magglingen, Switzerland 396
Sports Centre,
Sokoto, Nigeria 400
Eisstadion,
Braunlage, West Germany 402
Crosby Kemper Arena,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 406
Space Structure Buildings 411
Liverpool Garden Festival Theatre,
Liverpool, England 412
La Lumiere Gymnasium,
La Porte, Indiana, USA 417
Wayland School Field House,
Wayland, Massachusetts, USA 420
Oasis Swimming Pool,
Swindon, England 424
Faulerbad,
Freiburg, West Germany 428
Florida Festival,
Orlando, Florida USA 432
Baxter Laboratories Dining Hall,
Dearfield, Illinois, USA 437
Bundesgartenschau Lattice Shell,
Mannheim, West Germany 440
Fleetguard Factory,
Quimper, France 446
Augusta Civic Center,
Augusta, Georgia, USA 451
Leavey Activities Center,
Santa Clara, California, USA 454
Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California, USA 458
Calgary Saddledome,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada 462
High Rise Buildings 471
Knights of Columbus Building,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA 472
Mercantile Tower,
St Louis, Missouri, USA 475
Sabah Foundation Headquarters,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 478
Xerox Center,
Chicago, Illinois, USA 481
First International Building,
Dallas, Texas, USA 484
Texas Commerce Tower,
Houston, Texas, USA 488
Metro Dade Center,
Miami, Florida, USA 492
First Wisconsin Center,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 496
One Shell Plaza,
Houston, Texas, USA 497
One Mellon Bank Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 502
The Sears Tower,
Chicago, Illinois, USA 506
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation HQ, Hong Kong 510
Appendix 521
Metric and Imperial Units
References 525
Bibliography 529
9780419157809
690 / ORT
Way we build now : form scale and technique - London Spon Press 1988 - xiv,530p.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments Introduction
Building Materials
Properties of Materials 1
Masonry 2
Cement and Concrete 4
Metal 9
Wood 13
Plastic 16
Fabric 18
Glass 20
Tables 22
Building Structures 55
Stress and Strain 56
Joints 58
Classification of Building Structures 63
Simply Supported Beams 64
Continuous Beams 69
Ties and Columns 70
Trusses and Reticulated Structures 72
Arches and Cables 74
Frames 76
Floor and Roof Systems 78
Building Systems
High Rise Buildings 84
Properties of Surfaces 67
Membrane Structures
Structural Form and Scale 96
Load Paths 98
Tables 101
Building Physics 129
Internal Environment 129
Heat Transfer 130
Intermittent Heating and Cooling 133
Climate 135
Heating and Cooling Loads 138
Thermodynamics 140
Air Conditioning 143
Plant Operation 150
Walls and Roofs 154
Condensation 164
Lighting 167
Glare 170
Colour 171
Daylight 172
Artificial Light 175
Sound 177
Sound Absorption 178
Sound Insulation 180
Room Acoustics 185
Fire Safety 189
Compartment Fire 189
Temperature and Duration of Fire 191
Spread of Fire and Smoke 192
Passive Fire Protection 193
Active Fire Protection 197
Fire Precautions in Buildings 198
Properties of Materials in Fire 200
5. Houses and Community Buildings 203
Woolstone Houses,
Milton Keynes, England 204
Keldy Castle Forest Cabins,
Cropton, Yorkshire, England 208
IBM Exhibition Pavilion,
Europe 212
South Poplar Health Centre,
London, England 216
Sixth Form College, Alton,
Hampshire, England 220
Schulitz House,
Beverly Hills, California, USA 224
Marin Tennis Club,
San Raphael, California, USA 228
Dune Houses,
Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA 231
Beach Bathhouse,
Chesterton, Indiana, USA 234
6. Office Buildings 237
TRADA Offices,
High Wycombe, England 238
1111 Nineteenth Street NW,
Washington DC, USA 241
Chloride Technical Offices & Workshop,
Swinton, Manchester, England 244 Havas Conseil Offices,
Neuilly, France 247
Banque Beige Offices,
London, England 250
Slough Estates House,
Slough, England 254
Scottish Mutual House,
Leeds, England 258
Mercantile Bank Tower,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 262
Baring Brothers Offices,
London, England 266
Federal Reserve Bank,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA 270
Gateway House,
Basingstoke, England 274
Centraal Beheer Offices,
Apeldoorn, Holland 280
One Finsbury Avenue,
London, England 286
7 Public Buildings 291
St Anne's Church, Fawley Court,
Henley-on-Thames, England 292
Kron Apotheke,
Stuttgart, West Germany 295
South Holland Centre,
Spalding. England 298
St Antony's College,
Oxford, England 302
Guilford County Courthouse,
Greensboro, North Carolina, USA308
Design Research Building,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 313
Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, France 316
Boston City Hall, 1
Boston, Massachusetts, USA 324
8. Residential Buildings 329
Boulton House,
Cambridge, England 330
Hyatt Regency Hotel,
Lexington, Kentucky, USA 336
The Harewood Hotel,
London, England 339
Elizabeth House,
Leicester, England 342
William Stone Building,
Cambridge, England 346
Spelman Hails,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA 350
9. Highly Serviced Buildings 355
Yale Center for British Art,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA 356
Biochemical Sciences Laboratory,
Princeton, New Jersey, USA 361
Wellesley College Science Center,
Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA 364
Sainsbury Centre,
Norwich, England 367
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health
Center, Brooklyn, USA 372
Nucleus Hospital, 376
Maidstone, England
10 Sports and Storage Buildings 3gi Sankey Warehouse,
Epsom, England 382
Penguin Books Warehouse,
Harmondsworth, England 386
Anacostia Park Pavilion,
Washington DC, USA 390
St Mary's Athletic Facility,
Notre Dame, Indiana, USA 393,
Sports Hall for School of Gymnastics &
Sport, Magglingen, Switzerland 396
Sports Centre,
Sokoto, Nigeria 400
Eisstadion,
Braunlage, West Germany 402
Crosby Kemper Arena,
Kansas City, Missouri, USA 406
Space Structure Buildings 411
Liverpool Garden Festival Theatre,
Liverpool, England 412
La Lumiere Gymnasium,
La Porte, Indiana, USA 417
Wayland School Field House,
Wayland, Massachusetts, USA 420
Oasis Swimming Pool,
Swindon, England 424
Faulerbad,
Freiburg, West Germany 428
Florida Festival,
Orlando, Florida USA 432
Baxter Laboratories Dining Hall,
Dearfield, Illinois, USA 437
Bundesgartenschau Lattice Shell,
Mannheim, West Germany 440
Fleetguard Factory,
Quimper, France 446
Augusta Civic Center,
Augusta, Georgia, USA 451
Leavey Activities Center,
Santa Clara, California, USA 454
Oakland Alameda County Coliseum
Arena, Oakland, California, USA 458
Calgary Saddledome,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada 462
High Rise Buildings 471
Knights of Columbus Building,
New Haven, Connecticut, USA 472
Mercantile Tower,
St Louis, Missouri, USA 475
Sabah Foundation Headquarters,
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 478
Xerox Center,
Chicago, Illinois, USA 481
First International Building,
Dallas, Texas, USA 484
Texas Commerce Tower,
Houston, Texas, USA 488
Metro Dade Center,
Miami, Florida, USA 492
First Wisconsin Center,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 496
One Shell Plaza,
Houston, Texas, USA 497
One Mellon Bank Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 502
The Sears Tower,
Chicago, Illinois, USA 506
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking
Corporation HQ, Hong Kong 510
Appendix 521
Metric and Imperial Units
References 525
Bibliography 529
9780419157809
690 / ORT