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How Buildings Work
THE NATURAL ORDER
OF ARCHITECTURE
Third Edition
EDWARD ALLEN
Drawings by David Swoboda and Edward Allen
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Allen, Edward.
How buildings work : the natural order of architecture / Edward Allen. —3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover title: Natural order of architecture.
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-516198-4
ISBN-io: o-i9-5i6i98-X
i. Buildings—Environmental engineering.
I. Title: Natural order of architecture. II. Title.
2004
721—dc22 2004021414
987654321
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on acid-free paper
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