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Flat Roof Construction Manual: Materials, Design, Applications 2nd Edition
Author(s): Klaus Sedlbauer (Author), Eberhard Schunck (Author), Rainer Barthel (Author), Hartwig M. Künzel (Author)
- Publisher: Birkhäuser
- Publication Date: 24 Nov. 2010
- Edition: 2nd
- Language: English
- Print length: 208 pages
- ISBN-10: 3034606583
- ISBN-13: 9783034606585
Book Description
Often described as the « fifth façade », the flat roof is extremely popular with architects. Its essential task is to shelter the space beneathit from the elements. Beyond this, the use of flat roofs may be optimized by integrating them as green roofs, roof terraces, circulationareas, and even productive solar roofs.In practice, however, their correct and professional realization is a highly exacting task : in addition to providing the planner with basicrules of construction and design, the Flat Roof Manual also supplies an overview of the use and construction types as well as the standardassemblies for flat roofs. Together with the most important standards and bodies of regulations, construction drawings of the principalconnection points round out the volume.
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
The indispensable guide to planning, designing, and constructing flat roofs
About the Author
Klaus Sedlbauer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Phys.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik, Stuttgart/Holzkirchen/Kassel
Universität Stuttgart, Lehrstuhl für Bauphysik
Eberhard Schunck, Prof. pens. Dipl.-Ing. Architekt
Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Baukonstruktion
Rainer Barthel, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Technische Universität München, Lehrstuhl für Tragwerkplanung
Hartwig M. Künzel, Dr.-Ing.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Bauphysik, Abteilung Hygrothermik, Holzkirchen/Stuttgart
