文档介绍：DICTIONARY
OF
ARCHITECTURAL
AND
BUILDING
TECHNOLOGY
Fourth edition
The Dictionary of Architectural and grasp vocabulary from outside their
Building Technology is pre- areas as they contribute towards the
hensive summary of vocabulary used built environment.
across the building industry, from
the preparation of the brief through Henry J. Cowan is Professor
architectural and technical design and Emeritus of Architectural Science
documentation, to construction tech- in the University of Sydney. He is a
nology and facilities management. Past-President of the Building Science
This fourth edition has added 1750 Forum of Australia, an Honorary Fel-
new or substantially revised entries, low of the Royal Australian Institute
and over 330 of the existing entries of Architects, a Corresponding Mem-
have been updated. There are 70 addi- ber of the Accademia Pontaniana, and
tional illustrations. The terms have an Officer of the Order of Australia.
been assembled and cross-referenced He is the author of 23 other books and
by specialists from a range of discip- numerous articles.
lines with considerable international
experience. SI metric and Imperial Peter R. Smith is a member of the
units are included, and line drawings Faculty of Architecture at the Univer-
enhance the explanations. sity of Sydney and a Fellow of the
This prehensive Royal Australian Institute of Archi-
work will enable students and profes- tects. He has contributed as co-author
ing from technical, man- or chapter author to a dozen books on
agement and professional fields to building science subjects.
To Gary T. Moore,
Professor of Environment-
Behaviour Studies
and Dean of the
Faculty of Architecture
of the University of Sydney
Dictionary
of
Architectural
and
Building
Technology
Fourth edition
Henry J. Cowan
and
Peter R. Smith
With contributions by
W. K. Chow,
Fergus R. Fricke,
Graham E. Holland,
Warren G. Julian,
David Leifer,
Cedric Marsh,
D