Flat Roof Construction Manual: Materials, Design, Applications

by Rainer Barthel, Eberhard Schunck, Klaus Sedlbauer

often described as the "fifth fa ade", the flat roof is extremely popular with architects. Its essential task is to shelter the space beneath it from the elements. Beyond this, the use of flat roofs may be optimized by integrating them as green roofs, roof terraces, circulation areas, 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034606583
• ISBN13: 9783034606585
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 11.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary