INTRODUCTION -- Introduction to third edition -- Structure and envelope -- Parametric design -- 1 Materials -- Tectonics in metal -- Steel -- Aluminium -- Copper, zinc and lead -- Tectonics in glass -- Glass -- Tectonics in concrete -- Concrete -- Tectonics in masonry -- Masonry -- Concrete block -- Stone -- Brick -- Tectonics in plastics -- Plastics and composites -- Tectonics in timber -- Timber -- Fabrics and membranes -- Materials for interior finishes -- 1 Internal partitions -- 2 Plaster and wallboard -- 3 Internal floors -- 4 Internal ceilings -- Performance testing of facade material systems -- Performance testing of roof material systems -- 2 Walls -- Trends in facade design -- Generic wall types -- Metal -- 1 Sheet metal -- 2 Profiled cladding -- 3 Composite panels -- 4 Rainscreens -- 5 Mesh screens -- 6 Louvre screens -- Glass systems -- 1 Stick systems -- 2 Unitised glazing -- 3 Clamped glazing -- 4 Bolt fixed glazing -- 5 Glass blocks and channels -- 6 Steel windows -- 7 Aluminium windows -- 8 Timber windows -- Concrete -- 1 Cast in-situ -- 2 Storey height precast -- 3 Small precast panels -- Masonry loadbearing walls -- Masonry cavity walls -- 1 Brick -- 2 Stone and block -- Masonry cladding -- Masonry rainscreens -- Plastic -- 1 Plastic-based cladding -- 2 Plastic rainscreens -- Timber -- 1 Timber frame -- 2 Cladding panels -- 3 Roofs -- Trends in roof design -- Metal roofs -- 1 Metal standing seam -- 2 Profiled metal sheet -- 3 Composite panels -- 4 Rainscreens -- 5 Metal louvres -- Glass roofs -- 1 Greenhouse glazing and capped systems -- 2 Silicone-sealed glazing and rooflights -- 3 Bolt fixed glazing -- 4 Bonded glass rooflights -- Concrete roofs -- 1 Concealed membranes -- 2 Exposed membranes -- 3 Planted roof -- Timber roofs -- 1 Flat roof: mastic asphalt coverings.

2 Flat roof: bitumen-based sheet membranes -- 3 Pitched roof: tiles -- Plastic roofs -- 1 GRP rooflights -- 2 GRP panels and shells -- Fabric systems -- 1 ETFE cushions -- 2 Single membrane: cone-shaped roof -- 3 Single membrane: barrel-shaped roof -- 4 Structure -- Material systems for structures -- Elements of structures -- 1 Braced frames -- Reinforced concrete -- Steel -- Timber -- 2 Portal frames -- 3 Loadbearing boxes Reinforced concrete -- Brick -- Glass -- 4 Trusses -- 5 Arches and shells -- 6 Space grids -- Floor structures -- 1 Cast in-situ / cast-in-place concrete -- 2 Precast concrete -- 3 Steel and steel mesh -- 4 Timber -- 5 Glass -- Stairs -- 1 Concrete -- 2 Steel -- 3 Timber -- 4 Glass -- 5 ENVIRONMENT -- Environmental studies for envelopes -- Analysis for design -- 1 Solar radiation -- 2 Daylight -- 3 Thermal performance -- 4 Wind -- 5 Solar shading -- 6 Double skin facades -- 7 Natural ventilation -- 8 Thermal mass -- Low energy material system -- 1 Embodied energy -- 2 Straw bales and hemp -- 3 Rammed earth, cob and adobe bricks -- 4 Green wood and bamboo -- 5 Green walls -- Active design -- 1 Solar power and solar heating -- 2 Electrical lighting -- Support services -- 1 Maintenance and cleaning -- 2 Lifts -- 6 APPLICATIONS -- 1 Working with industry -- 2 Triangular panels for twisted facades -- 3 Twisted panels with flat glass for curved facades -- 4 Solar shading louvres -- 5 Double-skin facades -- 6 Precast concrete panels for facades of complex geometry -- 7 Exoskeleton facades of complex geometry -- 8 Diagrid structures -- 9 Hybrid systems forming facades of complex geometry -- 10 Opaque cladding interface with full-height glazing -- 11 Complex curved glazed roofs -- 12 Large-scale glazed facades -- 13 Panelisation of complex building surface geometry -- 14 Opaque rainscreen cladding.

15 Full-height glazing with GRP-clad structural frame -- 16 GRC cladding interfaces -- 17 Full-height entrance glazing -- 18 GRP louvres on stick glazing system -- 19 GRC cladding -- 20 Windows in GRC cladding -- 21 Windows and unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- 22 Unitised glazing with GRC cladding -- 23 Complex glazed roofs with supporting steel structure -- 24 Glazed roofs with complex geometry -- 25 Louvres and stick glazing -- 26 Tiled cladding -- 27 Rainscreens -- REFERENCES -- Glossary of terms -- Authorship -- Photo credits -- Index.