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Ernst and Peter Neufert
Architects' Data
Third Edition
Edited by
Bousmaha Baiche
DipArch, MPhil, PhD
School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
and
Nicholas Walliman
DipArch, PhD, RIBA
School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University
b
Blackwell
Science
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This book provides architects and designers with a concise
source of core information needed to form a framework for
the detailed planning of any building project. The objective is
to save time for building designers during their basic investigations. The information includes the principles of the
design process, basic information on siting, servicing and
constructing buildings, as well as illustrations and descriptions of a wide range of building types. Designers need to be
well informed about the requirements for all the constituent
parts of new projects in order to ensure that their designs
satisfy the requirements of the briefs and that the buildings
conform to accepted standards and regulations.
The extended contents list shows how the book is organised and the order of the subjects discussed. To help readers to identify relevant background information easily, the
Bibliography (page 589) and list of related British and international standards (page 595) have been structured in a way
that mirrors the organisation of the main sections of the
book.
To avoid repetition and keep the book to a manageable
length, the different subjects are covered only once in full.
Readers should therefore refer to several sections to glean all
of the information they require. For instance, a designer
wanting to prepare a scheme for a college will need to refer to
other sections apart from that on colleges, such as draughting guidelines; multistorey buildings; the various
sections on services and environmental control; restaurants
for the catering facilities; hotels, hostels and flats for the
student accommodation; office buildings for details on
working environments; libraries; car-parks; disabled access
(in the housing and residential section); indoor and outdoor
sports facilities; gardens; as well as details on doors, windows,
stairs, and the section on construction management, etc.
Readers should note that the majority of the material is
from European contributors and this means that the detail
,viii
on, for example, climate and daylight is from the perspective

of a temperate climate in the northern hemisphere. The
conditions at the location of the proposed building will
always have to be ascertained from specific information on
the locality. A similar situation is to be seen in the section on
roads, where the illustrations show traffic driving on the
right-hand side of the road. Again, local conditions must be
taken into consideration for each individual case.
The terminology and style ofthe text is UK English and this
clearly will need to be taken into account by readers accustomed to American English. These readers will need to be
aware that, for example, 'lift' has been used in place of
'elevator' and 'ground floor' is used instead of 'first floor'
(and 'first floor' for 'second', etc.).
The data and examples included in the text are drawn from
a wide range of sources and as a result a combination of
conventions is used throughout for dimensions. The measurements shown are all metric but a mixture of metres,
centimetres and millimetres is used and they are in the main
not identified.
Readers will also find some superscript numbers associated with the measurements. Where these appear by
dimensions in metres with centimetres, for instance, they
represent the additional millimetre component of the measure (e.g. 1.265 denotes 1 m, 26 cm, 5 mm). Anybody familiar
with the metric system will not find this troublesome and
those people who are less comfortable with metric units can
use the Conversion Tables given on pages 611 to 627 to
clarify any ambiguities.
The plans and diagrams of buildings do not have scales as
the purpose here is to show the general layout and express
relationships between different spaces, making exact scaling
unnecessary. However, all relevant dimensions are given on
the detailed drawings and diagrams of installations, to assist
in the design of specific spaces and constructions.

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