Building openings provide light ventilation and climate control for rooms. At the same time
they are essential functional and design elements of facades enabling communication between
indoor and outdoor spaces as transparent or translucent structural components. Similar to the
entire building envelope windows and exterior doors must meet exacting standards for materials
construction types and installation conditions as well as for fire noise and thermal
insulation energy efficiency airtightness and building security. The Building Openings
Construction Manual opens with historic developments provides solid facts on standards and
safety features. It covers materials components construction types and specifics of
structural connections including solutions on how to deal with existing older windows and
issues of ventilation the use of solar energy and ecological sustainability. Detailed case
studies of successfully completed projects offer a wealth of constructive ideas for the
reader's own work.
