Building Science And Planning

Buildings fonns the largest land use element in any city structure. It makes significant impact on the overall appearance of the city and its urban fonn. Housing configuration can make the cities total image and its social & cultural life look different.

Thousands of houses, functional buildings, office buildings, institutional buildings, etc., are constructed every year but most of them lack in scientific and functional planning. Many books are there on this subject matter but either they are not of standard or they so complex that students are not able to understand them easily. Hence a book ofthis subject based on scientific and functional aspects was needed.

1. Introduction

2. Architecture as Science

3. General Building Requirements

4. Principles of Planning

5. Working Drawings

6. Functional Aspects

7. Residential Building

8. Miscellaneous Buildings

9. Design and Planning of Multistoricd and Large Buildings

10. Projections and Perspective Drawings

11. Landscape and Townscape

12. Community: Town Planning, Urban Pattern and Regional Planning

13. Colour in Architecture and Interior Decoration

14. Ecology and Eco Friendly Buildings

15. Shells Structure in Buildings

16. Vastu Shastra and Architecture

17. Fire Safety and Protection Requirements of Buildings

Appendices

Multiple Choice and Conventional Type of Questions