Suggested literature:
Builder's Guide to Hot-Humid Climates. Joseph Lstiburek
The ASHRAE Guide for Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates. Lewis Harriman, Joseph Lstiburek
ASCE 7-05 - Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
FEMA Coastal Construction Manual 2003
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, "Applications Handbook" Chapter 42 "Building Envelopes."
R.L. Quirouette, "Glass and Metal Curtain Wall Systems." NRC, 1982. http://irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/pubs/bsi/82-3_e.html
Thomas Herzog, "Facade Construction Manual." Birkhauser, 2004.
Schittich et al’s Glass Construction Manual (Birkhauser, 1999);
Alan Brookes’ Cladding of Buildings (E&FN Spon, 1998);
American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s (AAMA’s) Aluminum Curtain Wall Design Guide Manual;
Glass Association of North America’s (GANA’s) Glazing Manual;
Joseph S. Amstock’s Glass in Construction (McGraw-Hill, 1997); and
Rick Quirouette’s Glass and Aluminum Curtain Wall Systems (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp [CMHC]).
Rob Kistler and Tom Kearns, "Facade Doctors" January 2002
address www: http://facadedoctor.com/?p=38
W.G. Plewes,. "Cladding Problems Due to Frame Movements", CBD-125, National Research Council of Canada, 1970
Kevin C. Cole, "Aluminum Cladding on Multistory Steel Frames." Modern Steel Construction, May 1997
American Concrete Institute (ACI 533), "Guide to Precast Concrete Wall Panels."
American Concrete Institute (ACI 530/ASCE 5/TMS 402) "The Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures."
American Concrete Institute, "Standard Specifications for Tolerances for Concrete Construction and Materials."
J.K. Latta, "Inaccuracies In Construction." CBD-171 National Research Council of Canada, 1975
Brick Institute of America (BIA): "Technical Notes on Brick Construction." Volume 18, "Changes - Analysis and Effects of Movement."
David Kent Ballast: "Handbook of Construction Tolerances." McGraw-Hill, 2007
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, "Cladding." McGraw-Hill, 1992
Joseph Lstiburek and John Carmody’s Moisture Control Handbook: Principles and Practices for Residential and Small Commercial Buildings (John Wiley & Sons, 1994)
ASHRAE Handbook of Fundamentals (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, 2005);
Friedbert Kind-Barkauskas’s et al’s Concrete Construction Manual (Birkhauser, 2002);
Gunter Pfeifer et al’s Masonry Construction Manual (Birkhauser, 2001);
Thomas Herzog’s Façade Construction Manual (Birkhauser, 2004);
Christian Schittich et al’s Glass Construction Manual (Birkhauser, 1999);
Christian Schittich’s In Detail: Building Skins—Concepts, Layers, Materials (Birkhauser, 2001); and
the monthly English edition of magazine titled Detail (Institut fuer Internationale Architecktur-Dokumentation GmbH&Co).
Of course, additional worthwhile reading materials are available free of charge via the Internet. Visit the Web page of Canada’s University of Waterloo (www.civil.uwaterloo.ca/beg/Publications.htm), along with John Straube’s www.balancedsolutions.com. Another rich library of free scientific articles is also available at the Web page of the National Research Council of Canada’s Institute of Research in Construction at irc.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca.
Here is the literature list from my thermal presentation:
http://www.susdesign.com/windowheatgain/
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/job4.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/job14.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/job6.pdf
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/fima/tb1101.pdf
http://www.ibhs.org/publications/downloads/468.pdf
http://www.agc.org/galleries/conrm/may03_mold.pdf
http://www.floridabuilding.org/BCISOld/bc/default.asp
http://www.miamidade.gov/buildingcode/pc-search_app.asp
http://www.floridabuilding.org/pr/pr_default.aspx
Envelope
Design for Buildings ISBN 0750628545
by William Allen
(excellent source of information for facade
design - my comment)
Cladding
of Buildings ISBN 0419221700
by Alan Brookes
(excellent source of information for design of
facade cladding - my comment)
Glass
Construction Manual ISBN 3764360771
by Christian Schittich,
Gerald Staib, Dieter Balkow,
Matthias Schuler, Werner Sobek
(excellent source of information for facade
design - my comment)
Glass
in Architecture ISBN 0714829226
by Michael Wigginton
(good
source of information about modern architectural glass - my comment)
Falling
Glass ISBN
3764367121
by Patrick Loughran
(good source of information for facade design
- my comment)
Glass
in Structures: Elements, Concepts, Designs ISBN 3764364394
by Rob Nijsse,
Mvrdv
(good source of information
for facade design - my comment)
Timber
Construction Manual ISBN 3764370254
by Thomas Herzog, Julius Natterer, Roland Schweitzer, Michael Volz,
Wolfgang Winter
(good source of information for facade design
- my comment)
Masonry
Construction Manual ISBN 3764365439
by Gunter Pfeifer, Rolf Ramcke, Joachim Achtziger, Konrad Zilch, Martin Schatz
(good source of information for facade design
- my comment)
Steel
Construction Manual ISBN 3764361816
by Helmut C. Schulitz,
Werner Sobek, Karl J. Habermann
(good source of information for facade design
- my comment)
Construction
Waterproofing Handbook ISBN 0071351620
by Michael T. Kubal
(excellent source of information for facade
design - my comment)
Waterproofing
the Building Envelope ISBN 0070358591
by Michael T. Kubal
(excellent source of information for facade
design - my comment)
(If you
plan to buy both books of M.T. Kubal, save some money and buy Construction
Waterproofing Handbook only - there is much repetition)
Double-Skin
Facades : Integrated Planning ISBN 3791325043
by Eberhard Oesterle
(excellent source of information about double
facades - my comment)
In
Detail: Building Skins : Concepts, Layers, Materials ISBN 3764364653
by Christian Schittich
(good source of information for facade design
- my comment)
Manual
of Low-Slope Roof Systems ISBN 0070247846
by C. W. Griffin, Richard Fricklas
(excellent source of information for roofing
design - my comment)
Concrete
Repair and Maintenance Illustrated ISBN 0876292864
by by
Peter H. Emmons, Brandon W. Emmons
(good
source of information about concrete aging and remediation- my comment)
Sun,
Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies , ISBN 0471820636
(good source of environment-conscious design
principles, nothing about facade detailing
- my comment)
Architectural
Detailing : Function, Constructibility,
Aesthetics , ISBN 0471547921
by
Edward Allen
(nice hand drawings, good general
architectural design information, insufficient source for modern facade design
- my comment)
Architectural
Graphic Standards ISBN 0471348171
by
Charles George Ramsey, Charles George Ramsey, Harold Reeve Sleeper
(good source of general architectural design
information, insufficient source for modern facade design - my comment)
Building
Construction Illustrated, ISBN 0471358983
by Francis D. K. Ching (Author), Cassandra Adams (Author)
(good source of general architectural design information,
insufficient source for modern facade design - my comment)
A Guide to Understanding the International Building Code, ISBN 0471099805
by
Francis D. K. Ching (Author), Steven R. Winkel (Author), Steven Winkel
(good source of general
architectural design information, not much about facades - my comment)
The
Architect's Studio Companion, ISBN 0471392359
by Edward Allen (Author), Joseph
Iano
(good source of general architectural design
information, not much about facades - my comment)