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Building adaptation. / James Douglas.
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TextPublication details: Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002Description: xxvi, 545p. : ill. ; 25cmISBN: - 0750650850
- 690.24 DOU
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 690.24 DOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000394610 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is a textbook for senior students that covers not only the technical aspects of how to carry out alterations, but also addresses issues such as feasibility, design and contractual matters. Numerous illustrations and examples are included which focus on a wide variety of different building types. It covers the whole spectrum of the adaptation process including commercial and industrial buildings as well as residential ones.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- Feasibility
- Basic conversions
- Adaptive reuses
- Lateral extensions
- Vertical extensions
- Structural alterations
- Principles of modernisation
- Further aspects of modernisation
- Implementation