Building Envelopes and Wall Assemblies
Design manuals have been published for specific building types as well as focusing on topics such as sustainable design. The following is a selection of more recent design manuals:
A Design Manual: Office Buildings by Call Number: Arts Library Oversize*; * NA6230 .D47 2002ISBN: 9783764366506Date: 2002-09-26
Energy Manual: Sustainable Architecture by Call Number: Arts Library Reference; * NA2542.36 .E53 2008; Also Available OnlineISBN: 9783764388300Date: 2008-08-22
Basics Facade Apertures by Call Number: Arts Library ; TH2264 .K75 2008ISBN: 9783764384661Date: 2007-10-05
Once you've identified architects, firms, or architecture schools doing interesting work with building envelopes, remember to search for recent books about their work! E.g.:
Construction manual 1988-2008 by Call Number: Arts Library Reference; NA680 .M67 2009ISBN: 9787560951836Date: 2009
Nine Problems in the Form of a Pavilion by Call Number: Arts Library; NA1053.H47 N28 2010ISBN: 9781902902739Date: 2010-01-01
Search the UCLA Library Catalog under the following Subject Headings to locate additional sources:
Air-supported structures
Architecture and climate
Architecture and energy conservation
Architecture and solar radiation
Buildings --Energy conservation
Buildings --Environmental engineering
Buildings --Thermal properties
Cable structures
Ceilings
Curtain walls
Dwellings --Energy conservation
Exterior Walls
Facades
Facades --Design and Construction
Flat roofs
Floors
Green roofs
Interior Walls
Lightweight construction
Retractable roofs
Roofs --Design and Construction
Roofs, Fabric
Roofs, Shells
Roofs, Suspension
Shells (Engineering)
Space frame structures
Sustainable architecture
Sustainable buildings --Design and construction
Sustainable construction
Sustainable design
Structural frames
Tensile architecture
Walls--Design and Construction
Windows
Design Manuals
Design manuals have been published for specific building types as well as focusing on topics such as sustainable design. The following is a selection of more recent design manuals:
- Green studio handbook : environmental strategies for schematic designTH880 .K86 2011 Arts Library
- Living for the elderly : a design manual* NA2545.A3 F43 2009 Arts Library Oversize*
- Medical practices : construction and design manualRA967 .M435 2010 Arts Library Reference
- Museum buildings : a design manual* NA6690 .N37 2004 Arts Library Oversize*
- Research and technology buildings : a design manual* NA6751 .B7313 2005 Arts Library Oversize*
- Sacred buildings : a design manual* NA4600 .S6513 2008 Arts Library Oversize*
- Single-family houses : construction and design manualNA7115 .H6313 2010 Arts Library Reference
- Theatres and concert hallsNA6821 .S36 2010 Arts Library Reference
Structures and Assemblies Handbooks
- Construction Building Envelope and Interior Finishes Databook
This link opens in a new window
Online Access - Dry construction : principles, details, examples* TA403 .T5913 2008 Arts Library Oversize
- The future envelope 1 : a multidisciplinary approachTH2235 .F88 2008 Arts Library
- The future envelope 2 : architecture, climate, skinTH2235 .F882 2009 Arts Library
- The future envelope 3 : facades - the making ofTH2235 .F883 2010 Arts Library
- High-rise manual : typology and design, construction, and technology* TH1611 .H54 2003 Arts Library Reference
- Modern construction envelopes / Andrew Watts.* TH2231 .W378 2013 Arts Library Oversize*
- Modern construction facadesTH2235 .W38 2005 Arts Library Reference
- Modern construction roofs* TH2401 .W38 2005 Arts Library Oversize
- The structural basis of architectureNA2750 .S2313 2011 Arts Library Reference
- Structural glass facades and enclosuresTH1560 .P38 2011 Arts Library Reference
- Tall buildings : structural systems and aerodynamic form / Mehmet Halis Günel, Hüseyin Emre Ilgin.
- This link opens in a new window
Online Access - Time-saver standards for building materials & systems : design criteria and selection dataTA404.5 .T56 2000 Arts Library Reference
A Selection of Recommended Books
- Building envelopes : an integrated approachTH2235 .L68 2010 Arts Library
- Climateskin : building-skin concepts that can do more with less energyTH2235 .H37 2008 Arts Library Reference and Powell Library (2 copies)
- Contemporary curtain wall architecture* NA2940 .M88 2009 Arts Library Oversize
- Detail in contemporary glass architectureNA4140 .M35 2011 Arts Library Reference + CD-ROM in Arts Library Closed Stacks Audio-Visual Media
- Double-skin facades : integrated planning* TH2238.7 .D68 2001 Arts Library Oversize
- Emerging research + design : ARCC/EAAE conference proceedings 2006, Philadelphia, May 31-June 4 2006NA2000 .E47 2007 Arts Library
- Facades : selection and detailsNA2941 .C58 2008 Arts Library
- Façade greenery : contemporary landscapingSB472 .U344 2011 Arts Library
- Façades : principles of constructionNA2941 .F33 2007 Arts Library
- Façades : technical review / Andrew WattsNA2941 .W388 2007 Arts Library
- Fassaden - Gebäudehüllen für das 21. Jahrhundert = Façades - building envelopes for the 21st century* NA2941 .F37 2010 Arts Library Reference, and Arts Library Oversize* (2 copies)
- Immaterial world : transparency in architectureNA687 .K74 2011 Arts Library
- In detail : building skins : concepts, layers, materials* NA2840 .I45 2001 Arts Library Oversize
- Product development and architecture : visions, methods, innovations / Uta Pottgiesser, Holger Strauss (eds.) ;NA2543.T43 P7613 2013 Arts Library
- Skins, envelopes, and enclosures : concepts for designing building exteriors / Mayine L. Yu.
Online Access
Print: NA2940 .Y8 2014 Arts Library - Sustainable facades : design methods for high-performance building envelopes / Ajla Aksamija, Ph.D., Perkins+WillTH2235 .A426 2013 Arts Library
- Translucent building skins : material innovations in modern and contemporary architecture / Scott Murray.NA2940 .M89 2013 Arts Library