How Buildings Work: The Natural Order of Architecture
Oxford University Press | ISBN: 019516198X | September 1, 2005 | 288 pages | PDF | 15 MB
Illustrated with hundreds of illuminating line drawings, this classic guide reveals virtually every secret of a building s function: how it stands up, keeps its occupants safe and comfortable, gets built, grows old, and dies--and why some
buildings do this so much better than others. Drawing on things he s learned from the many
buildings he himself designed (and in some cases built with his own hands)