Metric handbook (4^th Ed.)

Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types. Sustainable design integrated into chapters. Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers, this book belongs on every design office desk and drawing board. The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of. As well as buildings the Metric Handbook deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. The Metric Handbook really is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.

Design Information and Dimensional Coordination. Basic Design Data: People and Space. Design Basics: Buildings and Movement. Capital and Whole Life Costs of Buildings. Master-Planning and Landscaping. Crime Prevention Design. Security and Counter-Terrorism. Houses and Flats. Student Housing and Housing for Young People. Homes for Older People. Hotels. Offices. Retail Shops and Stores. Industrial Facilities. Industrial Storage Buildings. Agricultural Buildings. Restaurants and Foodservice Facilities. Sports Facilities: Indoor and Outdoor. Fire Stations. Community Centres. Schools. Universities. Laboratories. Primary Health Care. Hospitals. Payment and Counselling Offices. Public Buildings. Museums, Art Galleries and Temporary Exhibition Spaces. Libraries and Information Centres. Terminals and Transport Interchanges. Designing for Vehicles. Studios for Sound and Vision. Auditoria. Places of Worship. Tropical Design. Structure. Materials. Thermal environment. Light. Sound. Fire. Access and Inclusion.

Architecture professionals, students