Architects' data / Ernst and Peter Neufert ; updated by Professor Johannes Kister on behalf of the Neufert Foundation ; with support from the University of Anhalt Dessau Bauhaus (Dipl. Ing. Mathias Brockhaus, Dipl. Ing. Matthias Lohmann and Dipl. Ing. Patricia Merkel) ; translated by David Sturge and Nigel J. Luhman.

"Originally Published in the German Language by Vieweg + Teubner, 65189 Wiesbaden, Germany, as "Ernst Neufert: Neufert Bauentwurfslehre. 41. Auflage (41st Edition)."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics. Abbreviations and symbols -- Units SI units -- Drawings -- Paper formats -- Technical drawings -- Layout of drawings -- Construction drawings -- Construction drawing symbols -- Water supply and drainage symbols -- Electrical installation symbols -- Security installation symbols -- Gas installation symbols -- Drawing by hand -- Computer-aided drawing -- Accessible building -- Dimensions for people with restricted mobility -- Accessible public buildings -- Accessible housing -- Accessible Housing -- Examples -- Dimensional basics and relationships -- Man as measure and purpose -- The universal standard -- Body measurements and space requirements -- Geometrical relationships -- Dimensions in building -- Visual perception -- The eye -- Perception of colour -- Design process. Design -- What is design? -- Planes of reference -- Questionnaire -- Digital design -- Sustainable building -- General, design, construction -- Operation, demolition --

Certification -- Systems -- Facility management -- Background -- Methods -- Refurbishment -- Conservation and alteration -- Care of historic monuments -- Listed building protection -- Recording of old buildings -- Conversion -- Design and construction management -- Public planning and building law -- Private building law -- The architect's contract -- Work phases -- Measures of building use -- Setback areas -- Construction costs -- Building components. Foundations -- Building excavations -- Foundations -- Tanking, basement drainage -- Repair -- Walls -- Natural stone masonry -- Brick and block masonry -- Composite construction -- Repair -- Floor Slabs -- Slab construction -- Refurbishment -- Concrete repair -- Floors -- Roofs -- Roof shapes -- Pitched roofs -- Flat roofs -- Windows -- Arrangement -- Requirements -- Design types -- Thermal insulation -- Sound and thermal insulation -- Cleaning buildings -- Loft windows -- Skylights and dome rooflights -- Glass -- Basics --

Insulated glazing -- Security and noise control glass -- Optically variable glass -- Cast glass -- Glass doors -- Profiled glass -- Glass blocks -- Fire protection glass -- Curtain walling -- Doors Arrangement -- Construction details -- Special doors -- Garage/industrial doors -- Locking systems -- Security of buildings and grounds -- Stairs Principles -- Regulations -- Construction -- Ramps, spiral Stairs -- Spiral stairs -- Access and escape ladders -- Escalators -- For shops and offices -- Moving walkways -- For shops and offices -- Lifts -- Principles -- Control equipment -- Passenger lifts for residential buildings -- Passenger lifts for offices, banks, hotels, hospitals -- Small goods lifts -- Hydraulic lifts -- Special lifts -- Building services. Renewable energy -- Overview -- Solar energy -- CHP, block heating and power, fuel cells -- Bioenergy -- Geothermal energy, heat pumps -- Ice storage -- Building physics -- Thermal insulation -- Sound insulation --

Room acoustics -- Lightning protection -- Daylight -- Lighting design -- Physical basics -- Insolation -- Shadow -- Radiation energy -- Window lighting -- Rooflighting -- Quality criteria -- Directing sunlight -- Sun shading -- Lighting -- Artificial lighting -- Lamps -- Types of lighting -- Lighting layout -- Quality criteria -- Illuminance -- Workplace guidelines `artificial lighting', 7/3; DIN EN 12464-1 (Excerpt) -- Fire protection -- Basics -- Classification -- Fire compartment walls -- Building components -- Fire-resistant glazing -- Fire-resistant door sets -- Fire fighting installations -- Smoke and heat extraction systems -- Sprinkler systems -- Other extinguisher systems -- Domestic installation -- Drainage -- Ventilation -- Heating -- Supply and disposal -- Emergency power rooms -- Sewage treatment plants -- Small sewage treatment plants -- Loading ramps, bridges, lifting platforms -- Loading yards -- Rubbish collection rooms -- Rubbish chute systems --

Chimneys and ventilation shafts -- Chimneys -- Open fireplaces -- Ventilation shafts -- Transport. Roads -- Street spaces -- Types of road -- Road uses -- Traffic space -- Cross-sections -- Bicycle storage -- Traffic calming -- Noise protection -- Parking facilities -- Vehicles - cars -- Vehicles - turning -- Parking spaces -- Multi-storey car parks -- Ramps -- Multi-storey car park regulations -- Parking systems -- Vehicles-trucks -- Trucks - parking and turning -- Parking -- Service areas -- Parking facilities -- Petrol stations -- Car wash -- Public transport -- Conditions, means of transport -- Stops and stations -- Traffic spaces -- Bus stations -- Railways -- Tracks -Typical continental European structure (gauging and clearances) -- Tracks - UK structure (gauges and clearances) -- Stations -- Station buildings -- Platforms -- Platform furniture -- Aviation -- Basics -- Airports -- Runways -- Terminals -- Terminal and apron -- Aeroplanes -- External works. Cemeteries --

Mortuary and crematorium -- Graves, cemetery chapel -- Cemeteries -- Landscape architecture -- Design aspects and concepts -- Trees -- Urban trees -- Earthworks soil -- Garden enclosures -- Walls and fences -- Pergola and trellis -- Pergolas -- Trellises -- Examples of plants -- Paths, paving, steps -- Design aspects -- Drainage -- Rainwater management -- Vegetation -- Plants -- Plants and lawns -- Biological engineering -- Supporting slopes and riverbanks -- Greenhouses -- Greenhouses -- Ponds and pools -- Garden pond -- Natural swimming pool -- Water plants for a natural swimming pool -- External works - example -- Federal Environment Agency -- Residential Buildings. Basics -- Design basics -- House-building policy -- Housing density -- Urban development -- Current issues -- Access -- Detached and terraced development -- Vertical access -- Passage access -- Residential buildings -- Orientation -- Floor plan concepts -- Detached houses -- Terraced, linked, corner houses -- Flats --

High-rise buildings -- Adaptability -- Rooms -- Access -- Kitchens -- Living areas -- Bathrooms -- Subsidiary rooms -- Garages and carports -- Gatherings. Basics -- Model Meeting Place Ordinance (MVStattV) -- Accommodation. Student residences -- General design notes -- Elderly people's accommodation -- Retirement flats -- Nursing and care homes -- Examples -- Hotels -- Basics -- Areas -- Furnishings -- Rooms -- Location, examples -- Catering -- Restaurants -- Dining rooms, service -- Fast food outlets -- Restaurant kitchens -- Large kitchens -- Examples of large kitchens -- Youth hostels -- General design notes -- Holiday/Weekend homes -- General design notes -- Camping -- General design notes -- Education and research. Children's daycare -- Access and building forms -- Rooms -- Minimum space requirements, outdoor areas -- Playgrounds -- Playground equipment -- Themed playgrounds -- Schools -- Learning areas -- Learning - communication areas -- Conversion --

Dispersing and communicating - breaks, assembly, canteen -- Learning - specialist classrooms -- Library, media centre, kitchen -- Sanitary facilities, stairs, doors -- Model room programme for primary schools -- Examples -- Universities and colleges -- Lecture theatres -- Examples of lecture theatres/canteen -- Seating and projection -- Seminar and service rooms -- Laboratories -- Libraries -- Basics -- Fittings -- Space requirements -- Scientific libraries -- Archives -- Religious buildings. Christian churches -- Liturgical elements -- Furnishing, vestry -- Bell towers -- Synagogues -- General design notes -- Mosques -- General design notes -- Cultural venues. Museums and art galleries -- General, access -- Display rooms -- Lighting -- Theatres -- Historical review -- Typology -- Auditorium -- Stage -- Subsidiary rooms -- Workshops and staff rooms -- Rehearsal and public rooms -- Modernisation and extension -- Concert Halls -- Origins, variants --

Technical requirements, organs, orchestra -- Acoustics -- Cinemas -- Projection -- Auditorium -- Multiplex cinemas -- Multiplex cinemas, examples -- Drive-in cinemas -- Circus -- Stationary -- Zoos -- Basics -- Keeping animals -- Enclosures -- SPort and leisure. Stadiums -- Overview -- Spectator stands -- Hospitality areas -- Sports facilities -- Playing areas -- Athletics -- Tennis -- Miniature golf -- Golf courses -- Water sport, marinas -- Water sport, rowing and canoeing -- Equestrian sport -- Ski jumping -- Ice rinks -- Roller skating rinks -- Speed roller skating -- Cyclo-cross, BMX -- Shooting ranges -- Sports halls -- Dimensions -- Layout, construction -- Equipment -- Stands -- Examples -- Judo -- Wrestling -- Weightlifting -- Boxing -- Badminton -- Squash -- Table tennis -- Billiards -- Conditioning, fitness -- Climbing halls -- Bowling alleys -- Swimming pools -- Indoor public pools -- Outdoor pools -- Indoor and outdoor pools -- Private pools --

Spa -- Sauna/wellness -- Amusement arcades -- Amusement arcades -- Work. Basics -- Regulations -- Workplaces -- Subsidiary rooms -- Administration and offices. Office buildings -- Structures -- Tendencies/criteria -- Typology until 1980 -- Typology since 1980 -- Office landscape -- Space requirement -- Additional areas -- Room typology -- Grid -- Access -- Building services -- Construction -- High-rise buildings -- Basics -- Construction -- Requirements -- Parliamentary buildings -- Parliamentary buildings -- Parliaments and town halls -- Embassies and missions -- Banks -- Banks -- Retail. Retail outlets -- Guidelines and typologies -- Retail regulations -- Entrances and shop windows -- Checkout and waiting zones -- Waiting zones - examples -- Routeing, escalators -- Fittings - dimensions -- Food shops -- Self-service shops -- Industry and trade. Industry -- Basics -- Shed construction -- Multi-storey industrial buildings -- Transport -- Warehousing -- Containers --

Container architecture -- Examples -- Workshops -- Joinery -- Carpenter's shop -- Metalwork -- Vehicle repairs -- Bakery -- Meat processing plant -- Other trades -- Laundry -- Fire station -- Agriculture. Farmyards -- Basics -- Space requirements -- Machinery -- Fodder storage -- Dung and drainage -- Climate in animal housing -- Animal husbandry -- Keeping small animals -- Sheep housing -- Laying hens -- Pig sties -- Dairy farming -- Finishing beef cattle -- Keeping horses -- Health. Doctors' practices -- Single and group practices -- Hospitals -- General, modular grid -- Building design -- Examples -- Corridors, doors, stairs, lifts -- Operational areas -- Outpatient area -- Outpatient medical centre - example -- Examination and treatment -- Care -- Administration, social services -- Supply and waste disposal -- Technical supply -- References and index. References -- BIS and DIN standards -- Conversion of units.

"Architects' Data provides an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. Organised largely by building type it covers planning criteria and considerations of function and siting, and with over 6200 diagrams it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/imperial conversion tables are included. Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 41 editions and many translations. This fifth edition of the English language version, based on the most recent German 41st edition, provides a major new edition for an international readership"-- Provided by publisher.

Translated from the German.