Constructing Architecture is the comprehensive technical manual that bridges architectural theory and building practice, tracing the discipline from raw materials through to complete buildings in a single, systematically organised volume.
About This Book
Now in its third, revised and expanded edition, Constructing Architecture has earned its place as a foundational architectural textbook at universities worldwide. Edited by Andrea Deplazes, the book moves with deliberate logic through four interlocking scales: raw materials and building materials, elements and components, structural systems and building methods, and finally complete buildings examined as documented examples. This edition introduces new sections on elevators, shell construction and core-and-shell methods, and expands the typology discussion to include courtyard and veranda houses. Three additional projects are documented step-by-step through their full design processes. For students and practising architects alike, it functions as both a teaching text and a working reference on construction technology.
Key Features
- 588 pages of technical drawings, construction diagrams, and documented building examples organised across four thematic chapters
- Edited by Andrea Deplazes
- New sections on elevators, shell construction, and courtyard versus veranda house typologies in this third edition
- Three additional projects documented comprehensively and step-by-step in the Buildings chapter
- Published by Birkhauser, 2005
What You'll Discover
- How building materials behave as modules — the elemental logic underpinning all construction decisions
- The relationship between structural systems and building methods, from shell construction to core-and-shell assemblies
- How typological thinking shapes built outcomes, explored through the contrast of courtyard and veranda house forms
- Complete design processes laid out project-by-project, making the gap between drawing and construction legible
About the Author
Andrea Deplazes is the editor of this internationally prize-winning volume, which has been adopted as a core textbook at architecture schools across the world since its first edition. [Details available upon request]
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 588
- Dimensions: 242 x 296 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783035626667
- Publisher: Birkhauser
- Publication Date: 2005
Perfect For: Architecture students and educators seeking a definitive construction technology reference, and practising architects who require a systematic handbook covering materials, components, structures, and building typologies.