Toc: 3764371900......Page 1CONSTRUCTING ARCHITECTURE......Page 2Credits......Page 4Contents......Page 5Preface......Page 10MATERIALS – MODULES......Page 16The importance of the material......Page 17The pathos of masonry......Page 21On the metaphysics of exposed concrete......Page 54Wood: indifferent, synthetic, abstract – plastic......Page 75Why steel?......Page 111The “invisible” building material......Page 137Glass – crystalline, amorphous......Page 145ELEMENTS......Page 149Building underground......Page 150The wall......Page 167For and against the long window......Page 172The doubling of the sky......Page 202 Introduction The roof......Page 208Flights of fancy......Page 222STRUCTURES......Page 237An attempt to classify horizontal and vertical space development......Page 238Sustainability......Page 277BUILDINGS......Page 288Structural issues......Page 289CATALOGUE OF COMPONENTS......Page 393Preparation of drawings for buildings......Page 394Plinth, single-leaf masonry......Page 403Single-leaf masonry, rendered......Page 413Hinged door, external – wood......Page 423Hollow clay block floor......Page 428Pitched roof – warm deck......Page 439APPENDIX......Page 455