Product Description
This book addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful overview of the subject for the student and new practitioner. Written by a well-known specialist in the subject, this new edition of an established text has been brought up to date, incorporating the latest environmental issues. The book covers the main types of cladding systems in detail and explains methods of production, performance characteristics, applications and methods of assembly. Illustrated throughout with photographs and line drawings.
About the Author
Alan J. Brookes has a worldwide reputation as an architect and cladding consultant. He has recently retired as Professor from Delft University of Technology. He is now a director of Alan Brookes Consultants based in Warwick, UK. Maarten Meijs is a qualified architect who has worked in several architect's offices in the Netherlands. He is Senior Lecturer at the Delft University of Technology.
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