Architecture Handbook . An invaluable tool for all architects, planners and designers. The leading book on planning and design data now thoroughly revised for the second edition. Includes contributions from over 30 experts. 30 chapters on the main building types ranging from airports, payment and counselling offices and retail trading; toplaces of worship, auditoria and student housing
[...]... passengers an hour The world’s busiest airports now handle in excess of 60 million passengers a year, have considerable economic and environmental impacts and provide one of the toughest challenges for today’s architects and space planners London Heathrow is a good example In 1997 over 56 million passengers passed through its four terminal buildings, many using the airport as a hub to other UK or European destinations... business parks in the towns nearby Airport masterplanning and regional development plans need to be well integrated if the full potential of the airport as an investment magnet is to be realised Normally architects are appointed after the airport masterplan has been prepared The task then is one of designing the buildings whose footprint has already been established However, good urban design is essential... English Estates Industrial & Commercial Estates, Planning & Site Development) 3 Barley Shotts Business Park, Westbourne Park, London (Developer: North Kensington City Challenge; Arch: Robert Ian Barnes Architects) An attempt to ‘pump prime‘ an inner-city location (disused railway land) to provide various facilities A series of B1 units is the first phase and provides affordable, lowmaintenance work-spaces,... should be allowed The design should provide for separate entrances and exits - 0 entrance level plan 10 20m second 7 The British Film Institute London IMAX Cinema, Waterloo, London (Arch: Avery Associates Architects) Circarama Used successfully in Disneyland, this system uses eleven projectors to give audiences a sense of participation and full involvement Seating is not practical but handrails are necessary . Data The architects handbook I edited by Quentin Pickard. psm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Architecture-Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Architectural drawing-Handbooks,. UNITS 428 INDEX 446 P RE FACE The Architects Handbook provides visual and technical information for most building types likely to be encountered by architects, designers and building surveyors