TY - BOOK AU - Meijs,Maarten TI - Components and connections: principles of construction SN - 9783764386696 (pbk.) AV - TH2060 .M45 2009 U1 - 721 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Basel, Boston PB - Birkhäuser KW - Buildings KW - Joints KW - Local KW - Baukonstruktion KW - swd KW - Anschluss KW - Bauteil KW - Assemblages (Technologie) KW - Design architectural KW - Structural engineering KW - Architecture KW - Details KW - Building materials N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 139) and index; Introduction -- Components. Functions and characteristics of constructions -- Tightness and permeability of constructions -- Loadbearing behaviour -- Connections. Internal and external connections -- Type and function of connections -- Position of connections -- Fixation -- Forming technologies -- Material and connections -- Connections between components of different build-up -- Designing a connection -- Building structure. Three building methods : spaces and the relations between them -- Primary and complementary systems enclosing space -- Solid or cellular construction -- Slab construction -- Skeleton construction -- Horizontal relations between spaces -- Vertical relations between spaces ER -