Metric handbook : planning and design data / edited by Pamela Buxton.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Design information and dimensional coordination / Terry Nichols with David King -- People and space / Revised by Professor Norman Wienand -- People and movement / Revised by Professor Norman Wienand -- Access and inclusion / Neil Smith and David Dropkin -- Capital and whole life costs of buildings / David Holmes and Chris Bicknell -- Structure / David Adler and Norman Seward -- Materials / Arthur Lyons with AHR Architects -- Thermal environment / Phil Jones -- Light / Joe Lynes -- Sound / Chris Steel -- Fire safety / Beryl Menzies -- Flood-aware design / Robert Barker and Richard Coutts -- Crime prevention design / Nick Hughes -- Agricultural buildings / John Weller, Rod Sheard, Frank Bradbeer and others -- Auditoria / Ian Appleton, Mark Foley and Stefanie Fischer -- Civic buildings / David Selby, Martin Sutcliffe and Neil Sansum of BDP -- Community centres / Jim Tanner -- Emergency services / Michael Bowman -- Hospitals / Christiane Anders, Claudia Bloom, Vicky Braouzou, Duncan Finch, Mary Reid, Mariangela Zanini of Avanti Architects and Christopher Shaw -- Hotels / Fred Lawson -- Houses and flats / John Chapman and Kathy Watkins -- Housing for older people / Justin Bannister and Judith Brown -- Housing for students and young people / Liz Pride and Michael Ritchie -- Industrial facilities -- Industrial storage buildings / Stephen George & Partners -- Laboratories / Neville Surti and Catherine Nikolaou -- Libraries / Brian Edwards with Ayub Khan -- Masterplanning and landscaping / David Simister with Guy Walters, Sarah Burgess, Hugh Barton and Marcus Grant -- Museums, art galleries and temporary exhibition spaces / Geoffrey Matthews and Pamela Buxton -- Offices / Frank Duffy with Jack Pringle, Angela Mullarkey and Richard Finnemore -- Payment and counselling offices / Richard Napier -- Places of worship / Leslie Fairweather, Ian Brewerton, Atba Al-Samarraie, David Adler and Derek Kemp -- Primary health care / Geoffrey Purves -- Restaurants and foodservice facilities / Fred Lawson -- Retail shops and stores / Fred Lawson -- Schools / Anthony Langan -- Security and counter-terrorism / Mark Whyte and Chris Johnson -- Sports facilities: indoor and outdoor / Philip Johnson and Tom Jones -- Streets and spaces for people and vehicles / Ben Hamilton-Baillie, James Horne and Sustrans -- Studios for sound and vision / David Binns -- Transport terminals and interchanges / Andrew Perez, Richard Chapman and Declan McCafferty -- Tropical designs / Patricia Tutt -- Universities / Rupert Goddard and Tony Poole -- Appendices: A. SI system -- B. Conversion factors and tables.

Significantly updated in reference to the latest construction standards and new building types Sustainable design integrated into chapters throughout Over half of the entire book has now been updated since 2015 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.