Main entry:

Brett, Peter, 1950-

Title & Author:

An illustrated dictionary of building : an illustrated reference guide for practitioners and students / Peter Brett.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth Heinemann, 1997.

Description:

333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Machine derived contents note: Table of contents for An illustrated dictionary of building : an illustrated reference guide for practitioners and students / Peter Brett. -- Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog -- Information from electronic data provided by the publisher. May be incomplete or contain other coding. -- Preface -- How to use this guide -- Architectural style -- Building construction -- Documentation, administration and control -- General -- Materials and scientific principles -- Services and finishes -- Alphabetical index. -- Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Building Dictionaries, Construction industry Dictionaries.

Summary:

An illustrated Dictionary of Building is an easy-to-use reference for practitioners and provides an essential guide for students on GNVQ, NVQ construction and the built environment, and building craft operative courses. The guide is also a useful reference for those in higher education on professional, architectural and other associated courses with a building element. The logical A-Z arrangement in each section makes this an ideal reference source. The book is also highly illustrated with over 350 diagrams and photographs. The subjects covered include: architectural style; building construction; documentation, administration and control; materials and scientific principles and services and finishes.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

075063684X (paperback)
9780750636841 (paperback)

Subject:

Building Dictionaries.
Construction industry Dictionaries.
Building.
Construction industry.
Building Encyclopedias.
Picture dictionaries, English.
Building -- Dictionaries
Construction industry -- Dictionaries

Form/genre:

Dictionaries.
dictionaries.
Dictionnaires.

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 196825
Call No.: ID TH9.B72 REF; ID:98-B1704
Status: Available