This key text addresses the topic of lightweight claddings in buildings and is a useful guide and reference resource. Written by well-known specialists in the field; this fourth edition of an established text has been revised throughout to incorporate the latest environmental issues; the use of wood and terracotta in cladding; and use of new materials; particularly the new moulded materials. Two new chapters cover wood and terracotta in cladding. The main types of cladding systems are described in detail and methods of production; performance characteristics; applications and methods of assembly are explained clearly.Illustrated throughout with photographs and numerous line drawings; this is an essential overview of the subject for both the student and the practising architect.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Interesting and worth readingBy M. SmithI love seeing Chekhov plays on stage and I had heard that The Sea Gull was one of his classics. Since I have never had the opportunity to see The Sea Gull on stage I bought this copy and read it. First off; Chekhov is a great playwright; so I dont mean to bash him with this review. But; reading this was slow and not nearly as entertaining and thought provoking as many of his other plays.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Reading a playBy dixondoI hve some difficulty in reading plays and the Seagull is no exception. When you read this play it seems rather dull and uninteresting but when you see it acted it takes on a new meaning.So see the play first and read it afterwards?3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A masterpieceBy Shalom FreedmanThis is such a rich and deep work. Its exploration of human longings and relationships is powerfully poetic. One of its predominant notes is longing and disappointment in life. The Masha who opens the play telling of her unhappiness seems to signal what is to come; a series of lonely cries from characters each of whom fails to attain what they most want. The estate owner Sorin laments never having fulfilled his dream of being an author; or his dream of having been married; and now even his dream of living out his last years in the City; in Moscow. His sister the actress is in one sense a typically Russian character filled with passionate contradictions; generous in helping the misfortunate but unbelievably vain in regard to her own status as actress. Her son Constantine frustrated by the love of the actress Nina is too troubled by the sense of inferiority which comes from his having spent a childhood in the company of his mothers successful friends. Nina herself madly in love with the writer Trifonov with whom she runs off with; only to be abandoned by ; is too another broken character who nonetheless persists and fights on; as she goes out to the provinces to renew her acting career. Fame and success too do not provide the key to happiness as is demonstrated in the life of Trifonov.This play demonstrates Chekhovs incredible capacity for creating living characters; and the tremendous emotional richness of his work.A masterpiece