Architect's Pocket Book of Kitchen DesignAs with the best-selling 'Architects Pocket Book' this title includes everyday information which the architect/designer normally has to find from a wide variety of sources and which is not always easily to hand. Focusing on kitchen design, this book is of use to the student as well as the experienced practitioner. It outlines all the information needed to design a workable kitchen, including ergonomics, services such as water and waste, appliances, and material choices for the floor, walls and ceiling. There is no similar compendium currently available. |
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After the discovery of fire, people have found ways to use it to prepare food. Through time, people their food on open fire. Cooking was an out door activity because the smoke that came from the fire was not breathable. Cooking needed an atmosphere that have enough ventilation. In Britain, little is known about kitchens until Norman times. After the Romans left Britain in AD 407, the culinary arts were largely forgotten. Food was often cooked outdoors on cauldrons or spits. This was to avoid the risk of fire and to keep smells out of the houses.
Contents
From open fire to present day
| 1 |
Family luxury low cost mini for flats etc
| 23 |
Work sequence work triangle ergonomics
implications for cabinets and appliances
| 30 |
Planning services appliances cabinets useful devices wheelchair users kitchen
| 45 |
Planning children electrical appliances gas
cookers dealing with kitchen fires
| 54 |
Water supply water treatment gas supply
electric wiring lighting heating
| 59 |
Selecting sinks sink types taps and mixers
| 76 |
Recycling waste bins dustbins waste
disposers refuse compactors
| 88 |
Classification of storage types for different zones
| 140 |
Proprietary cabinets dimensions carcases
accessories
| 144 |
Plastic laminate hardwood stainless steel
solid surface concrete slate granite limestone
| 156 |
Soft and hard floor finishes walls and ceilings
| 173 |
Summary of items which may need to be
specified for a new kitchen
| 182 |
Advisory organisations | 185 |
Manufacturers and suppliers | 187 |
Directory | 199 |
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Common terms and phrases
600 mm wide aluminium Base units Baumatic bins Building Regulations built-in burner cabinet doors cabinets ceramic colour cooker hood cooking cooling appliances Corian corner counter designed dishwasher drainer draining drawer duct easier EU energy label extractor fan filtered filtered water fireplace Fisher & Paykel fitted freestanding freezer fridge-freezer front edge Gaggenau gas hob grill Häfele handles Hansgrohe heat heater height Hotpoint In-Sink-Erator kitchen kitchen worktops larder light limescale litre London manufacturers maximum melamine metal microwave oven minimum models Old Wolverton panel plastic laminate plinth pull-out racks range cookers recycling refrigerator Road shelves sink bowl sink units Slate Smeg solid surface space stainless steel standard storage suitable switch tall unit tap holes thick tiles tray types UK Ltd underside ventilation Villeroy & Boch wall cabinets wall cupboards washing Waste disposers wide cabinet Woodentops worktop Zanussi
Bibliographic information
| Title | Architect's Pocket Book of Kitchen Design Routledge Pocket Books |
| Author | Charlotte Baden-Powell |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1136429220, 9781136429224 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / Buildings / Residential Architecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing & Presentation Architecture / General Architecture / Methods & Materials Architecture / Reference |
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