Building Type Basics for Office Buildings

by Kohn, A. Eugene; Katz, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780471389231
• ISBN10: 0471389234
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-29
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The fastest way to straighten out the learning curve on specialized design projects "The series is welcome . . . By providing recent buildings as examples, supported with technical information and charts of design criteria, these books attempt to bridge the gap between theory and practice."-Oculus Building Type Basics books provide architects with the essentials they need to jump-start the design of a variety of specialized facilities. In each volume, leading national figures in the field address the key questions that shape the early phases of a project commission. The answers to these questions provide instant information in a convenient, easy-to-use format. The result is an excellent, hands-on reference that puts critical information at your fingertips. Building Type Basics for Research Laboratories provides the essential information needed to initiate designs for government, academic, and private research laboratories. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details, it combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, energy, cost, and safety issues that are unique to research laboratories with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.

Author Biography

KOHN PEDERSEN FOX, one of the world’s most prestigious architectural firms, has offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Tokyo. The recipient of the AIA’s top firm award in 1990, KPF’s impressive project list includes IBM’s headquarters in Armonk, New York, the World Bank in Washington, DC, and the Shanghai World Financial Center, which will be the world’s tallest building when completed in 2003.

Table of Contents

Preface (S. Kliment).

Acknowledgments.

PART I: ARCHITECTURAL ISSUES.

Introduction (A. Kohn).

The Office Building Type: A Pragmatic Approach (P. Katz).

PART II: CONSULTANTS' ISSUES.

Interior Architecture (D. Lehman-Smith).

Structural Systems (L. Robertson and S.-T. See).

Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Systems (N. Kurtz).

Vertical Transportation (J. Van Deusen).

Curtain Walls (J. Khoury).

Alternative Workplace Solutions (F. Becker).

Safety and Security (J. McCormick).

PART III: CASE STUDIES.

Gannett/USA Today Corporate Headquarters (McLean, Virginia).

Chagrin Highlands Building One (Cleveland, Ohio).

Thames Court (London, United Kingdom).

Tour CBX (Paris, France).

Endesa Heaadquarters (Madrid, Spain).

11 Charter Road (Hong Kong).

One Raffles Link (Singapore).

Ernst & Young Building (New York, New York).

Espirito Santo Plaza (Miami, Florida).

Bibliography.

Index.