Fundamentals of Building Construction

Аннотация

First published a quarter-century ago, Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, now in its sixth edition , has wrought a revolution in construction education . It has been instrumental in making a previ­ously unpopular area of study not merely palatable but vibrant and well liked. It has taken a body of knowledge once characterized as antithetical to design excellence and made it widely recognized as being centrally relevant to good building design. It has replaced dry, unattractive books with a well-designed, read able volume that students value and keep as a reference work. It was the first book in its field to be even -handed in its coverage and profusely and effectively illustrated throughout. It was the first to release the teacher from the burden of explaining every­thing in the subject, thereby freeing class time for discus­sions, case studies, field trips, and other enrichments.