Building Openings Construction Manual - Windows, Vents and Exterior Doors

Building openings provide light, ventilation and climate control for rooms. At the same time, they are essential functional and design elements of facades, enabling communication between indoor and outdoor spaces as transparent or translucent structural components. Similar to the entire building envelope, windows and exterior doors must meet exacting standards for materials, construction types and installation conditions, as well as for fire, noise and thermal insulation, energy efficiency, airtightness and building security.The Building Openings Construction Manual opens with historic developments, provides solid facts on standards and safety features. It covers materials, components, construction types and specifics of structural connections, including solutions on how to deal with existing older windows and issues of ventilation, the use of solar energy and ecological sustainability. Detailed case studies of successfully completed projects offer a wealth of constructive ideas for the reader's own work.

About the author

Jan Cremers, Faculty of Architecture and Design, University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart

Product details

• Authors: Marku Binder, Markus Binder, Pete Bonfig, Peter Bonfig, Jan Cremers, Joost Hartwig, Joost et al Hartwig, Wolfgang Jehl, Hermann Klos, Ingo Leuschner, Ulrich Sieberath, Elke Sohn, Thomas Stark
• Assisted by: Ja Cremers (Editor), Jan Cremers (Editor)
• Publisher: Detail Architecture
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9783955532987
• ISBN: 978-3-95553-298-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 230 mm x 297 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 1372 g
• Illustrations: w. numerous col. ill.
• Series: DETAIL Construction Manuals; DETAIL Construction Manuals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Architecture; Hochbau, Baustoff, Fenster, Architektonische Struktur und Gestaltung, Bau / Baukunst, Architektur - Baukunst, Entwurf / Architektur, Bau / Hochbau, Bau / Baustoff, Tür - Tor, facades