ABSTRACT
Residential Open Building, the result of a CIB Task Group 'Open Building Implementation', provides a state-of-the-art review of open building, fundamental principles, recent developments, and international coverage of current projects on both the public and private arena.
Open Building is a highly flexible and economical method of building which has far reaching advantages for urban designers, architects, contractors, developers and end users.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|63 pages
A Residential Open Building Primer
part Two|104 pages
A Survey of Milestone Projects
part Three|50 pages
Methods and Products
part Four|21 pages
Economic and Additional Factors
part Five|30 pages
Summary and Conclusions