Metric Handbook, Fourth Edition

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The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students.

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Metric Handbook Planning and Design Data ebook download

Edited ByPamela Buxton

 

Fully updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types . Sustainable design fully integrated into each chapter . Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers – this book truly belongs on every design office desk and drawing board.

ABSTRACT

  • Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types
  • Sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout
  • Over half of the entire book has now been updated since 2015
  • Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers
  • This book belongs in every design office.

The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of.

As well as buildings the Metric Handbook deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. The Metric Handbook really is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.

About the Author:

David Littlefield is a senior lecturer at the University of the West of England, where he teaches in the department of planning and architecture. For many years he worked as a writer and journalist.  David has written, co-written or edited over ten books on architecture.

Chapter 1|13 pages
Design information and dimensional coordination
Chapter 2|14 pages
People and space
Chapter 3|12 pages
People and movement
Chapter 4|11 pages
Access and inclusion
Chapter 5|8 pages
Capital and whole life costs of buildings
Chapter 6|23 pages
Structure
Chapter 7|35 pages
Materials
Chapter 8|37 pages
Thermal environment
Chapter 9|12 pages
Light
Chapter 10|17 pages
Sound
Chapter 11|35 pages
Fire Safety
Chapter 12|13 pages
Flood-aware design
Chapter 13|5 pages
Crime prevention design
Chapter 14|21 pages
Agricultural buildings
Chapter 15|39 pages
Auditoria
Chapter 16|15 pages
Civic buildings
Chapter 17|4 pages
Community centres
Chapter 18|15 pages
Emergency services
Chapter 19|32 pages
Hospitals
Chapter 20|18 pages
Hotels
Chapter 21|28 pages
Houses and flats
Chapter 22|11 pages
Housing for older people
Chapter 23|14 pages
Housing for students and young people
Chapter 24|8 pages
Industrial facilities
Chapter 25|12 pages
Industrial storage buildings
Chapter 26|29 pages
Laboratories
Chapter 27|17 pages
Libraries
Chapter 28|19 pages
Masterplanning and landscaping
Chapter 29|9 pages
Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces
Chapter 30|16 pages
Offices
Chapter 31|10 pages
Payment and counselling offices
Chapter 32|24 pages
Places of worship
Chapter 33|19 pages
Primary Health Care
Chapter 34|28 pages
Restaurants and foodservice facilities
Chapter 35|15 pages
Retail shops and stores
Chapter 36|15 pages
Schools
Chapter 37|13 pages
Security and counter-terrorism
Chapter 38|50 pages
Sports facilities: indoor and outdoor
Chapter 39|25 pages
Streets and spaces for people and vehicles
Chapter 40|4 pages
Studios for sound and vision
Chapter 41|28 pages
Transport terminals and interchanges
Chapter 42|24 pages
Tropical design
Chapter 43|17 pages
Universities
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