Building adaptability : a survey of systems and components / [prepared for] Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ; CANMET, Natural Resources Canada; prepared by Young + Wright Architects Inc. in association... : NH17-253/1997E-PDF

"The study aimed at investigating the question of what attributes render a building adaptable. If for buildings to be more sustainable they must be also adaptable, then it is imperative to define the attributes of adaptability. To determine the attributes of an adaptable building, the study examined current thinking and practices in the fields of design, building systems and components. It also looked at real cases of building conversions where issues of adapting buildings to new uses were faced"--Summary.

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Ministère/Organisme Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, issuing body.
Titre Building adaptability : a survey of systems and components / [prepared for] Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation ; CANMET, Natural Resources Canada; prepared by Young + Wright Architects Inc. in association with Engineering Interface Limited and Yolles Building Science Services Limited.
Variante du titre Canada Mortgage and Housing building adaptability study
Type de publication Monographie
Langue [Anglais]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation].
"Peter Gamble, principal researcher and writer" --Acknowlegements.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-62).
Summary in English and French.
Information sur la publication Ottawa : Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, May 1997.
Auteur / Contributeur Gamble, Peter, author.
Description 1 online resource (132 pages in various pagings) : illustrations
Numéro de catalogue
  • NH17-253/1997E-PDF
Descripteurs Buildings -- Environmental engineering.
Buildings -- Environmental engineering -- Canada.
Buildings -- Remodeling for other use.
Buildings -- Remodeling for other use -- Canada.
Constructions -- Technique de l'environnement.
Constructions -- Technique de l'environnement -- Canada.
Constructions -- Reconversion.
Constructions -- Reconversion -- Canada.
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