Double-Skin Facades

Integrated Planning

The book "Double-Skin Facades: Integrated Planning" provides an in-depth study not only of issues such as acoustic and thermal insulation, aerophysics, and facade construction, but also of the quesion of economic viability. Numerous illustrations and plans offer clear and precise insights into the construction of this new development in building design.

Double-skin facades mainly used for large buildings

Up to now double-skin facades have been used mainly for large buildings such as the debis headquarters on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. They can be used, however, with equal success for smaller buildings as a means of reducing the ingress of external noise and improving ventilation.

Eberhard Oesterle

Eberhard Oesterle is managing partner of the neginerring office DS-Plan. Eberhard Oesterle works as an engineering consultant specializing in the energy optimization of buildings.
Eberhard Oesterle is the author of numerous publications and holds an honorary professorship at the University of Stuttgart.

Double-Skin Facades

Double-Skin Facades: Integrated Planning by Eberhard Oesterle
Publisher: Prestel USA
ISBN: 3791325043

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