- Consistently updated since 2015 by expert authors in the field
- Significantly revised in reference to changing building types and construction standards
- New chapters added on data centres and logistics facilities
- Sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout
- Over 100,000 copies sold to successive generations of architects and designers
- This book belongs in every design office.
The Metric Handbook is the major handbook of planning and design data for architects and architecture students. Covering basic design data for all the major building types it is the ideal starting point for any project. For each building type, the book gives the basic design requirements and all the principal dimensional data, and succinct guidance on how to use the information and what regulations the designer needs to be aware of.
As well as buildings, the Metric Handbook deals with broader aspects of design such as materials, acoustics and lighting, and general design data on human dimensions and space requirements. The Metric Handbook is the unique reference for solving everyday planning problems.
DESIGN BASICS:
1. Design information and dimensional coordination
Revised by Simon Douch. Original text: Terry Nichols with David King,
2.
People and space Revised by Professor Norman Wienand,
3. People and movement
Revised by Professor Norman Wienand,
4. Inclusive and accessible design David
Dropkin and Neil Smith,
5. Capital and whole life costs of buildings Chris
Bicknell and David Holmes, ESSENTIALS:
6. Structure Revised by Andrew Peters,
Arthur Lyons Original text: David Adler and Norman Seward,
7. Materials
Arthur Lyons with AHR Architects,
8. Thermal environment Phil Jones,
9. Light
Revised by Theo Paradise-Hirst Original text: Joe Lynes,
10. Sound Russell
Macdonald and Chris Steel,
11. Fire Beryl Menzies,
12. Flood-resilient design
Robert Barker and Richard Coutts,
13. Crime prevention design Nick Hughes
Revised by Peter Wozniak, BUILDING TYPES:
14. Agricultural buildings John
Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others,
15. Auditoria Revised by Mark
Foley and Stefanie Fischer (cinemas). Original text: Ian Appleton; Stefanie
Fischer (cinemas),
16. Civic buildings Revised by David Selby (town halls);
Martin Sutcliffe and Neil Sansum (law courts),
17. Community centres Jim
Tanner,
18. Data centres Simon Brimble, Emilia Dobrzynska, Naiane Esteve,
Chris Neighbour, Daniel Silva, Miguel Vazquez Cid of Arup,
19. Emergency
services Including Fire stations by Michael Bowman,
20. Hospitals Christiane
Anders, Claudia Bloom, Vicky Braouzou. Duncan Finch, Mary Reid, Mariangela
Zanini of Avanti Architects. Christopher Shaw of Medical Architecture (mental
health),
21. Hotels Fred Lawson,
22. Houses and flats Revised by Kathy
Watkins. Original text: John Chapman and Kathy Watkins,
23. Homes for older
people Justin Bannister and Judith Brown,
24. Student housing and housing for
young people Revised by Michael Ritchie. Original text: MJP Architects Ltd,
25. Laboratories Revised by Eugene Sayers Original text: Neville Surti and
Catherine Nikolaou,
26. Libraries Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan,
27. Logistics
facilities Marcus Madden-Smith,
28. Museums, art galleries and temporary
exhibition spaces Geoffrey Mathews,
29. Offices Frank Duffy with Jack
Pringle, Angela Mullarkey and Richard Finnemore,
30. Payment and counselling
offices Richard Napier,
31. Places of worship Revised by Ian Brewerton
(Non-conformist and Free Churches), Atba Al-Samarraie (mosques); Gurmeet Sian
(gurdwara), Maurice Walton (Church of England buildings) Original text by
David Adler, Ian Brewerton, Leslie Fairweather, Derek Kemp, Atba
Al-Samarraie,
32. Primary health care Geoffrey Purves,
33. Restaurants and
foodservice facilities Fred Lawson,
34. Retail shops and stores Lucy
Dewick-Tew and Eddie Miles,
35. Schools Anthony Langan,
36. Security and
counter-terrorism Mark Whyte and Chris Johnson,
37. Sports facilities: indoor
and outdoor Philip Johnson and Tom Jones,
38. Streets and spaces for people
and vehicles Revised by Ben Hamilton-Baillie (introduction, shared space and
place-making), James Horne (vehicles, roads and road design) and Sustrans
(cycling routes and parking),
39. Transport terminals and interchanges
Airports revised by Andrew Perez with additional contributions by Richard
Chapman. Railways revised by Declan McCafferty,
40. Tropical design Patricia
Tutt,
41. Universities Revised by Rupert Goddard and Tony Poole, Appendix A
SI system, Appendix B Conversion factors and tables, Index
Pamela Buxton is a freelance architecture and design journalist. She has contributed to many architecture and design publications including RIBA Journal, Architects Journal and Building Design. She was the editor of 50 Architects 50 Buildings, published by Batsford in 2016.
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