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Second Edition
By
Roxanna McDonald, Architect RIBA, AA Dip Cons Grande Bretagne, DAA/AL France, Practising architect working in the UK, France and Eastern Europe.
Description
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.
Audience
Professional and student architects, surveyors, builders, engineers, property managers and lawyers
Contents
General Architecture
Controls
Construction Process
The Building Site
The Building Fabric
The Environmental Conditions
Computer Drawing
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Paperback, 240 pages, publication date: OCT-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8015-8
ISBN-10: 0-7506-8015-6
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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