Facade Construction Manual

Facades now carry more weight than ever, both in how architects work and in how the public judges a building. The outer skin does more than shield the interior and present a visible front. It also generates heat and electricity, and it engages directly with the street and squares around it.

This revised and enlarged edition condenses the technical and design basics of facade planning into a compact reference. Readers are guided through the fundamentals needed to plan a facade from the ground up.

A large part of the book is devoted to built examples. These range from conventional solutions that have proven themselves over time to unusual and experimental approaches, and each is documented in detail.