Metric handbook: planning and design data

881 Pages·2012·98.535 MB·English

by  Littlefield, David

METRIC HANDBOOK
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METRIC HANDBOOK
Planning and Design Data
Fourth Edition
David Littlefi eld
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Fourth edition published 2012
By Architectural Press
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First edition published as AJ Metric Handbook by the Architectural Press 1968
Third edition published by the Architectural Press 2007
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ISBN: 978–1–85617–806–8 (pbk)
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Contents
Preface vii 19 Fire stations
Michael Bowman
Acknowledgements ix
20 Community centres
1 Design information and dimensional coordination Jim Tanner
Terry Nichols with David King
21 Schools
2 Basic design data: people and space Anthony Langan
3 Design basics: buildings and movement 22 Universities
Mike Hart and Rod McAllister
4 Capital and whole life costs of buildings
David Holmes, Chris Bicknell and John Davies 23 Laboratories
Catherine Nikolaou and Neville Surti
5 Master-planning and landscaping
David Simister with Guy Walters, with contributions 24 Primary health care
by Sarah Burgess, Hugh Barton and Marcus Grant Geoffrey Purves
6 Crime prevention design 25 Hospitals
Nick Hughes David Clarke
26 Payment and counselling offices
7 Security and counter-terrorism
Richard Napier
Mark Whyte and Chris Johnson
27 Public buildings
8 Houses and flats
Ian Chown
28 Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces
Geoffrey Mathews
9 Student housing and housing for young people
Liz Pride
29 Libraries
Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan
10 Homes for older people
Ian Smith (updated by David Littlefield)
30 Terminals and transport interchanges
11 Hotels
31 Designing for vehicles
Fred Lawson and John Rawson
32 Studios for sound and vision
12 Offices
David Binns
Frank Duffy with Jay McMahan and Jack Pringle
33 Auditoria
13 Retail shops and stores
Ian Appleton and Stefanie Fischer
Fred Lawson
34 Places of worship
14 Industrial facilities
Leslie Fairweather, Ian Brewerton, Atba Al-Samarraie,
Jolyon Drury and Ian Brebner
David Adler and Derek Kemp. Revised by Maurice Walton
15 Industrial storage buildings 35 Tropical design
Jolyon Drury, updated with advice from Patricia Tutt
Stephen George & partners
36 Structure
16 Agricultural buildings David Adler and Norman Seward. Revised by
John Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others Andrew Peters
17 Restaurants and foodservice facilities 37 Materials
Fred Lawson Arthur Lyons with Aedas
18 Sports facilities: indoor and outdoor 38 Thermal environment
Philip Johnson and Tom Jones Phil Jones
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vi Contents
39 Light 42 Access and inclusion
Joe Lynes Neil Smith and David Dropkin
40 Sound Appendix A The SI system
Chris Steel
Appendix B Conversion factors and tables
41 Fire
Beryl Menzies Index
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Preface
This is the fourth edition of the Metric Handbook. Between 1979 materials, tolerances, standards and expectations are covered here.
and 2008 this book had been revised just twice; but the speed of Thus if one needs to know the dimensions of a badminton court,
change within architecture and the built environment (including standards in lighting and acoustic performance, or the procedures
technological, procedural and legislative shifts) has caused the for diagnostic imaging within a large hospital, you can expect to
publisher to offer less of a Bible of immutable codes and more of a find the answer within these pages. We have also retained the CI/
resource which aims to capture the standards and requirements of FsB product classification codes and library search codes at the start
a profession at a particular point of time. This edition is a consid- of many chapters, in order that readers can obtain further informa-
erable update of the book issued in 2008 – more than 50% of the tion through online links.
book is updated and new chapters have been introduced covering, However, the Metric Handbook does not pretend to offer a com-
for example, security and the design of fire stations. Other chapters, plete solution for every building. It does not (cannot) cover aes-
such as drawing notation, masterplanning and structure, have been thetics and design language; nor can it offer a substitute for the
considerably rewritten and updated. sensitive response by an architect to a specific brief from a specific
It is a gargantuan task – one which relies on the contributions of client for a specific site. Therein lies the judgement, intelligence
a wide range of specialists who must reach a judgement between and training of the professional. Nonetheless, this book is designed
the essentials of a given subject area and technical data that is so to assist the architect in their deliberations, offering them a way
specific that this book can have no room for it. Despite the size and into new fields or supplying the language from which a meaningful
title of this large book, the Metric Handbook cannot seek to be the conversation can be had.
last word in building design and assembly. Rather, it should be con- Finally, the sharp-eyed reader might notice a small change on the
sidered a starting point, a collection of rules, codes, principles and cover, apart from the edition number. This book is now published
conventions which largely govern how building types are tackled. by Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis. Purchased from
Drawing on both good practice and the regulatory codebook, this Elsevier in 2011, the Metric Handbook is in very good hands, and I
book gives the reader a headstart when entering new design terri- wish the new publisher and all readers every success with it.
tory, outlining the factors through which they can frame a design David Littlefield
response. Matters such as sizes, volumes, adjacencies, precedents, December 2011
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Acknowledgements
This book could not have been completed without the expert help Hannah Shakespeare, Liz Burton and Fran Ford. Finally, many
of many individuals from practice and academia. Many thanks thanks to all the contributors to this book – some of whom have
are due to the five practices who formed an editorial board and worked on the book before, while others are new to it. The Metric
helped with the review of chapters from the third edition: Aecom, Handbook is certainly not a one-person project, and the small army
Aedas, Gensler, HOK and 3DReid. In particular, I would like to of writers, reviewers, administrators and organisers who make it
thank Alan Robertson and his team from Aedas, who helped not possible should not be underestimated. We dedicate this book to
only with the review of chapters but also in the revision of many Maurice Walton, who helped to revise the chapter on religious
of them. Thanks too to the various (incredibly supportive) commis- buildings, and who died on Christmas Day 2011.
sioning editors who have worked on this book at its different stages:
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