Download or read book Roof Gardens written by Theodore Osmundson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999-08-03 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated study of gardens built on the roofs of buildings traces the history of roof gardens, from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to the present; explains how to construct safe, durable gardens; and offers tips on selecting plants, garden maintenance, and planting techniques.
Download or read book Roofing Design and Practice written by Stephen L. Patterson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For courses in Construction Methods and Materials, Commercial Construction, Residential Construction, and Roofing Design, in departments of Architecture, Architectural Engineering, and Construction Science/Management/Technology. Combining academic rigor with contemporary design practice, this is the first true text book on roofing design, and the only reference that comprehensively addresses all roof design issues. It provides necessary information on the suitability of various systems for specific projects, and offers students a greater knowledge that will enable them to prevent most roof failures and resulting disputes.
Download or read book Green Roof Systems written by Susan Weiler and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Roof Systems goes beyond the fashionable green roof movement and provides solid information on building accessible space, often as important public space, over structure. It offers brief coverage of the entire process, including planning and collaboration, and focuses on the technical aspects of these roof systems, their components, and their applications.
Download or read book The Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs written by Lisa Lee Benjamin and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until recently, most green rooftop gardens were little more than variations on sedum mats on four inches of soil. Now, designers are creating cutting-edge green roofs that focus not only on critical environmental issue like heat, storm management, and ecosystem development, but also on the aesthetics, offering beautiful, livable, sustainable landscapes. The Professional Design Guide to Green Roofs is a comprehensive exploration of rooftop garden design and the process behind it. It covers everything landscape architects and garden designers need to know to create a beautiful garden in the sky. With lush photography, international examples, and solid how-to information, this is an essential resource for all design professionals.
Download or read book Roof Design written by Sergi Costa Duran and published by daab. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rooftops have become the symbol of a new lifestyle - an extension and exclusive enjoyment of an area traditionally unused: the architectural crown of a building has been transformed into a new area for work or living. Architects, designers and town planners have seen in this final section of a building their last chance to let their fantasies run free and to dramatically shape the cities' skylines with extensions, attics and unique tops. This volume delivers a very close insight in the divers possibilities of the roof design of residential, corporative and other buildings.
Download or read book Flat Roof Construction Manual written by Klaus Sedlbauer and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das Flachdach – dieser bei Architekten beliebte und gerne als fünfte Fassade beschriebene Gebäudeteil – sollte im Wesentlichen den darunter liegenden Raum vor Witterungseinflüssen schützen. Darüber hinaus optimiert die Integration flacher Dächer als Gründach, Dachterrasse, Verkehrsfläche oder gar als ertragreiches Solardach den Nutzen. Die fachgerechte Realisierung in der Praxis ist jedoch anspruchsvoll: der „Flachdach Atlas“ verschafft dem Planer neben grundsätzlichen Konstruktionsregeln einen Überblick über die Nutzungs- und Konstruktionsarten sowie die Regelaufbauten für Flachdächer. Zusammen mit den wichtigsten Normen und Regelwerken runden Konstruktionsdarstellungen der wesentlichen Anschlusspunkte die Publikation ab.
Download or read book Structural Design of Retractable Roof Structures written by Kazuo Ishii and published by Computational Mechanics. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting state-of-the-art data and recommendations for retractable roof structures, this book is based on the findings of a working group established by the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures. It discusses non-collapsible rigid frame type structures with rigid or flexible material stretched between frames, and folding membrane types such as tents and pneumatics.
Download or read book Award Winning Green Roof Designs written by Steven W. Peck and published by Schiffer Book. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Projects and award-winners: Solaire Building, Island House, North Beach Place, Yorktowne Square Condominiums, Eastern Village Co-Housing Condominiums, Seapointe Village Deck Restoration, 10th@ Hoyt Apartments, Lot 8 Santa Lucia Preserve, The Louisa, Ducks Unlimited National Headquarters & Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Convention Center, Oaklyn Library, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library, The Green Institute (Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center), Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Nashville Public Square, Sanitation District No.1, 901 Cherry St., Montgomery Park, Garden Room, Burnham Park, Ford Rouge Dearborn Truck Plant, Millennium Park, Heinz 57 Center, 601 Congress Street, ABN AMRO Plaza, Calamos Investments.
Download or read book Green Roofs written by Earth Pledge (Organization) and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine possibilities for city-wide green roof development using 335 color photographs, 40 in-depth building case studies, and 7 municipal case studies of Berlin, Tokyo, London, Portland, Chicago, Toronto, and New York. This book includes an opening essay by William McDonough, an architect and leader of the sustainable development movement, and details the ecological benefits, technical requirements, architectural history, and design possibilities of vegetated rooftops.
Download or read book Green Roof A Case Study written by Christian Werthmann and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2007-08-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green roofs are the great green hope of many environmentalists, politicians, and architects interested in more efficient and environmentally aware buildings. From a design standpoint, however, there is less consensus. While some see the roof garden as a visual statement using plants, geometric lines, and sculptural elements, others believe concerns for sustainability should outweigh visual appeal. A green roof that combines aesthetics and mechanics has become the goal of many a landscape architect. In Green Roof Gardens, author Christian Werthmann explains the history, methodology, and design process of green roof garden construction, providing a rich source of inspiration and technical knowledge in the process for anybody interested in this simple solution to many of the environmental challenges we face today.
Download or read book Green Roofs in Sustainable Landscape Design written by Steven L Cantor and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Green Roofs defines the types of green roofs both extensive and intensive; introduces the vocabulary of green roofs; details the components available; describes the design and development process; lists recommended plant materials; and explains methods of installation, irrigation, and maintenance. Approximately 70 vivid and detailed case histories of major projects in Europe, where green roofs began, and contemporary examples throughout North America, copiously and beautifully illustrated with almost 400 images, make this book an invaluable guide to the state of the art."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Green Roofs written by Angela Youngman and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is essential reading for everyone interested in or committed to energy-efficient buildings and Introduces the range of green roofs available, from the small garden shed to towering skyscapers. It discusses the role of the green roof as part of an overall greening of a building and landscape, advises on types of vegetation to be grown and mainetenance required, warns of problems that can be encountered, analyses the green roof movement, reports on its success thus far and looks to the future. It also describes residential and business case studies from across the world--Cover.
Download or read book Slate Roofs written by National Slate Association and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Residential Roof Design Using Autodesk Revit written by Mark S. Sadler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2017-05-26 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make complex roof design look easy Residential Roof Design Using Autodesk Revit teaches you to model beautiful, dramatic, and realistically detailed roofs for residential projects. With more than twenty-five years of experience as a licensed architect, author Mark S. Sadler offers clear explanations of the techniques that help architects and designers create the roof of virtually any homefrom simple mountain cabins to elaborate custom estates. This in-depth study of roof design helps you to: Model sixteen basic roof shapes in Autodesk Revit, the most advanced building design software available Complete step-by-step exercises with Revits powerful modeling tools Create and combine basic, intermediate, and complex roof shapes Prepare visually compelling 3-D presentations and accurately buildable construction drawings. Richly illustrated with photographs of real-world houses, Residential Roof Design Using Autodesk Revit helps you model diverse roofs from jerkinheads to witchs hats. Read on to master one of the most challenging skills in residential design and begin creating fine residential works of architecture.
Download or read book Steel Structures Roof Members Design and Detailing written by Saad Hasan Tantawi and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Objective of this book is to guide structural engineering students and engineering professionals into the process of roof members design and calculations for steel framed buildings. This book covers gravity and lateral loads calculations in accordance with ASCE7-10, how to calculate snow drift loads, moment frames and braced frames lateral load analysis using the slope deflection methods and unit load methods. Moment connections calculations according to AISC Design Guides, and roof members design subjected to both axial and flexural bending. This book also covers over 230 different sections details done in CAD and REVIT for roof framing. Details such as roof beams and joists attachment into a brick and metal studs walls, CMU walls, concrete and wood walls, connections detailing whether it is a moment or shear connection, existing roof joists web and chord reinforcement, and roof trusses section details.
Download or read book Evaluation of Design Criteria for Oil Storage Tanks with Frangible Roof Joints written by Daniel Swenson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes research that evaluated the ability of the present design criteria (API 650) to ensure the desired frangible joint behavior. Particular questions include: evaluation of the area inequality as a method to predict the buckling response of the compression ring; effect of roof slope, tank diameter, and weld size on the frangible joint; effect of the relative strength of the roof-to-shell joint compared to the shell-to-bottom joint. Charts, tables, graphs and photos. References.
Download or read book Roofing Design written by and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
