{"product_id":"the-definitive-handbook-on-facade-balachander-subramanian-9798245805276","title":"The Definitive Handbook on Facade Cladding \u0026 Glazing Systems: Design, Engineering, Fabrication, Installation, and Delivery of High-Rise Facades for Re","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Definitive Handbook on Facade Cladding \u0026amp; Glazing Systems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eModern buildings are judged first-and remembered longest-by their \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003efacades\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. 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BUILDINGS COVERED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnitized, Semi-Unitized \u0026amp; Stick Curtain Wall Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWindow Wall \u0026amp; Punched Opening Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlass Facades \u0026amp; High-Performance Glazing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eACP, Stone, GRC, Solid Aluminum \u0026amp; Rainscreen Cladding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-Skin \u0026amp; Advanced Facade Systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eProject Types: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResidential High-Rise Towers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommercial \u0026amp; Corporate Office Towers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHotels \u0026amp; Hospitality Buildings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail Malls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIT Parks \u0026amp; Business Campuses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMixed-Use Developments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT YOU WILL LEARN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow facade systems are \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003edesigned for wind, seismic movement, fire, thermal \u0026amp; 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