In recent years, facades have become more important in architectural practice and in public perception. As well as functioning as a protective shell and visible 'face' and supplying heat and electricity, a building's exterior interacts directly with the surrounding public space.
This revised and expanded new edition of the Facade Construction Manual offers readers technical and design planning fundamentals in a compact reference work.
A section describing a comprehensive selection of built structures shows general and unique, tried and tested, and innovative approaches to facade planning – down to the last detail.

• Contents 6
• Foreword 7
• Shell, wall, facade – an essay 9
• 1. External and internal conditions 17
• Part A. The fundamentals 17
• 2. General basics of construction 27
• 3. Aspects of building physics and planning advice 53
• Part B. Structures built with specific materials 63
• 1. Natural stone 63
• 2. Clay 85
• 3. Concrete 107
• 4. Timber 131
• 5. Metal 159
• 6. Glass 189
• 7. Plastics 217