Shortcuts: Bk. 2: Sustainability and Practice

by Austin Williams

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Shortcuts provide an eclectic mix of at-a-glance guides to the minefield of regulations, new materials, and technologies that confront building designers today.


Comprising hand-drawn sketches, technical drawings, and punchy articles, each Shortcut takes you right to the heart of a key topic in architecture and construction, presenting a wealth of invaluable information in an accessible and lively way.


Shortcuts: Book 2 explores the issues that affect the way building designers work, with topics grouped into chapters on Energy Conservation; Sustainability; Working Practices; Health and Safety; and Legislation and Guidance. The shortcuts range from zero carbon energy sources to green roofs, and from drawing conventions to contracts and case law. Each Shortcut is a quick, reliable, and incisive clarification of the welter of diverse (and sometimes conflicting) technical guidance that tends to bombard and bamboozle designers.
  • ISBN13 9781859463222
  • Publish Date 1 March 2009
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint RIBA Publishing
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 176
  • Language English