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Neufert Architects' Data, Third Edition
Architects' Data provides an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. Organised largely by building type, and with over 6000 diagrams, it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements and also covers planning criteria and considerations of function and siting. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. There are substantial new sections on:
- building components
- services
- heating
- lighting
- thermal and sound insulation
- fire protection
- designing for the disabled
An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/imperial conversion tables are included.
Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 35 editions and many translations. This Third Edition of the English language version has been revised for the first time in 20 years and completely reworked, with 40% more material, to provide a major new edition for an international readership.
Browse sample pages and buy online: http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/architect...
- building components
- services
- heating
- lighting
- thermal and sound insulation
- fire protection
- designing for the disabled
An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/imperial conversion tables are included.
Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 35 editions and many translations. This Third Edition of the English language version has been revised for the first time in 20 years and completely reworked, with 40% more material, to provide a major new edition for an international readership.
Browse sample pages and buy online: http: //www.blackwellpublishing.com/architect...
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First published January 1, 1970
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About the author
Ernst Neufert
46books54followersErnst Neufert was a German architect who is known as an assistant of Walter Gropius, as a teacher and member of various standardization organizations, and especially for his essential handbook Architects' Data.
At the age of 17, after five years of working as a bricklayer, Neufert entered the school of construction (Baugewerbeschule) in Weimar. His teacher recommended him to Walter Gropius in 1919 as one of his first students of the Bauhaus. He finished his studies in 1920, and together with the expressionist architect Paul Linder (1897-1968) embarked on a year-long study tour of Spain, where he sketched medieval churches. In Barcelona he met Antonio Gaudi, whose architecture made a deep impression on the young student. Neufert later became one of the first advocates of Gaudi in Germany. After 1921 he returned to the Bauhaus and became chief architect under Gropius in one of the most prominent architecture studios of the Weimar Republic.
In 1923 he met the painter Alice Spies-Neufert, a student of the Bauhaus masters Georg Muche and Paul Klee, and married her in 1924. They had four children (Peter, Christa, Ingrid and Ilas).
In 1925 Neufert worked in close collaboration with Gropius on the realization of the new Bauhaus buildings in Dessau and the completion of the masters' houses for Muche, Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky. In 1926 he returned to Weimar and became a teacher under Otto Bartning at the Bauhochschule (Building College), known as "the other Bauhaus". From 1928 to 1930 he realized various projects, such as the Mensa am Philosophenweg and the Abbeanum in Jena.
In 1929 he built his private home in Gelmeroda, a village near Weimar (today the home of the Neufert Foundation and Neufert Box, a small museum with changing exhibitions). After closure of the Bauhochschule by the Nazis, he moved to Berlin and worked in a private school for art and architecture founded by Johannes Itten, which was forced to close as well in 1934.
Very early Neufert recognized the possibilities for rationalization of building processes, but also the need for normative rules.
In 1934 he became the resident architect of Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke (United Lusatia Glassworks). He designed the private home of its director Dr. Kindt (with colour glass by Charles Crodel) and various housing, office, and factory buildings in Weißwasser, Tschernitz and Kamenz. At the same time he worked on his Architects' Data, which was published in March 1936 and which remains an essential reference work, having been translated into 18 languages. In 1936 traveled to New York and Taliesin to visit Frank Lloyd Wright and gauge his prospects of finding work in the United States. But in New York he was notified of the enormous success of the first edition of his book and returned to Berlin to prepare the second edition. New industrial commissions for his studio led to his decision to remain in Germany. In 1939 he was appointed by Albert Speer to work on the standardization of German industrial architecture.
After World War II, Neufert was appointed professor at the Darmstadt University of Technology. He opened his own office, Neufert und Neufert, with his son Peter in 1953 and realized numerous projects, including many industrial buildings. He died in 1986 in his home in Bugneaux-sur-Rolle in Switzerland.
At the age of 17, after five years of working as a bricklayer, Neufert entered the school of construction (Baugewerbeschule) in Weimar. His teacher recommended him to Walter Gropius in 1919 as one of his first students of the Bauhaus. He finished his studies in 1920, and together with the expressionist architect Paul Linder (1897-1968) embarked on a year-long study tour of Spain, where he sketched medieval churches. In Barcelona he met Antonio Gaudi, whose architecture made a deep impression on the young student. Neufert later became one of the first advocates of Gaudi in Germany. After 1921 he returned to the Bauhaus and became chief architect under Gropius in one of the most prominent architecture studios of the Weimar Republic.
In 1923 he met the painter Alice Spies-Neufert, a student of the Bauhaus masters Georg Muche and Paul Klee, and married her in 1924. They had four children (Peter, Christa, Ingrid and Ilas).
In 1925 Neufert worked in close collaboration with Gropius on the realization of the new Bauhaus buildings in Dessau and the completion of the masters' houses for Muche, Klee, and Wassily Kandinsky. In 1926 he returned to Weimar and became a teacher under Otto Bartning at the Bauhochschule (Building College), known as "the other Bauhaus". From 1928 to 1930 he realized various projects, such as the Mensa am Philosophenweg and the Abbeanum in Jena.
In 1929 he built his private home in Gelmeroda, a village near Weimar (today the home of the Neufert Foundation and Neufert Box, a small museum with changing exhibitions). After closure of the Bauhochschule by the Nazis, he moved to Berlin and worked in a private school for art and architecture founded by Johannes Itten, which was forced to close as well in 1934.
Very early Neufert recognized the possibilities for rationalization of building processes, but also the need for normative rules.
In 1934 he became the resident architect of Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke (United Lusatia Glassworks). He designed the private home of its director Dr. Kindt (with colour glass by Charles Crodel) and various housing, office, and factory buildings in Weißwasser, Tschernitz and Kamenz. At the same time he worked on his Architects' Data, which was published in March 1936 and which remains an essential reference work, having been translated into 18 languages. In 1936 traveled to New York and Taliesin to visit Frank Lloyd Wright and gauge his prospects of finding work in the United States. But in New York he was notified of the enormous success of the first edition of his book and returned to Berlin to prepare the second edition. New industrial commissions for his studio led to his decision to remain in Germany. In 1939 he was appointed by Albert Speer to work on the standardization of German industrial architecture.
After World War II, Neufert was appointed professor at the Darmstadt University of Technology. He opened his own office, Neufert und Neufert, with his son Peter in 1953 and realized numerous projects, including many industrial buildings. He died in 1986 in his home in Bugneaux-sur-Rolle in Switzerland.
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September 26, 2011
Architect's Bible. That's all
October 24, 2011
هذا العمل الموسوعي هام جداً، وبرأيي ليس فقط للمعماريين.. بل يجب الإطلاع عليه من قبل الجميع.. ولاسيما أن العمارة تعتبر الفن الأول.. فهي تدخل في كل شيء تقريباً في حياتنا اليومية، فكل واجداً منا عنده منزل يحتاج لهذا الكتب، والذي كان ترجمته للعربية حلماً يشكر على تحقيقه المهندس الحرستاني.
July 22, 2017
یادم هست یه روز سر کلاس درس طراحی معماری و شهرسازی استاد این کتاب رو بهمون توصیه کرد و گفت پلن اگه میخواین دربیارین حتما از این استفاده کنین
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February 4, 2014
Our field's bible while studying
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January 16, 2021Projem için okuduğum, bana iyi ki mimarlık okumuyorum dedirten kitap
January 27, 2022
Must-read book for architecture students.
Will be perfect if the graphics were better.
Will be perfect if the graphics were better.
September 3, 2013
No veo un poeta sin diccionario como no veo un arquitecto sin Neufert.
Ernst Neufert es sin duda una de las más emblemáticas figuras de la arquitectura moderna y los procesos de estandarización y normalización del proceso constructivo moderno. Su libro, publicado originalmente en 1936, fue desde sus inicios una referencia importantísima y un Best Seller. Pocos son los estudiantes que no han acudido a sus páginas para comprender temas dimensionales, constructivos y las normas que a éstos le rigen. Por supuesto es referencia obligada en cualquier despacho u oficina de arquitectura que se dé a respetar.
Gustavo Gili, creadora de referencias técnicas desde su fundación hace más de 110 años, ha hecho de esté clásico una publicación conocida y respetada en el mundo de habla hispana. Ahora en su 16va edición, completamente actualizada –y con nuevos temas como el de la sustentabilidad� este libro se renueva.
Pocas referencias encuentro en mi biblioteca que conecten la era de Walter Gropius y la Bauhaus con el moderno mundo de las construcciones paramétricas y orgánicas de la era del CAD y el render. El hilo conductor racional y objetivo de este libro nos da mucho de qué hablar, son sin duda generaciones de conocimiento encerradas en el que llamaría “El diccionario del arquitecto�. En el Neufert están las palabras, la poesía está por escribirse.
Ernst Neufert es sin duda una de las más emblemáticas figuras de la arquitectura moderna y los procesos de estandarización y normalización del proceso constructivo moderno. Su libro, publicado originalmente en 1936, fue desde sus inicios una referencia importantísima y un Best Seller. Pocos son los estudiantes que no han acudido a sus páginas para comprender temas dimensionales, constructivos y las normas que a éstos le rigen. Por supuesto es referencia obligada en cualquier despacho u oficina de arquitectura que se dé a respetar.
Gustavo Gili, creadora de referencias técnicas desde su fundación hace más de 110 años, ha hecho de esté clásico una publicación conocida y respetada en el mundo de habla hispana. Ahora en su 16va edición, completamente actualizada –y con nuevos temas como el de la sustentabilidad� este libro se renueva.
Pocas referencias encuentro en mi biblioteca que conecten la era de Walter Gropius y la Bauhaus con el moderno mundo de las construcciones paramétricas y orgánicas de la era del CAD y el render. El hilo conductor racional y objetivo de este libro nos da mucho de qué hablar, son sin duda generaciones de conocimiento encerradas en el que llamaría “El diccionario del arquitecto�. En el Neufert están las palabras, la poesía está por escribirse.
September 23, 2017
On our first assignment for design studio class, we had to collect data and analyze case studies. This was the first book I got for my data collection. Currently, I am going to graduate, and so far it has been an essential tool for research and studying. If you are a new student, what are you waiting for, get it. It will be a guiding tool for life.
June 22, 2010
Buku wajib mahasiswa arsitektur-arsitek. Sangat bermanfaat dan akan selalu dipakai dan dibuka-buka sebagai pedoman dan pegangan dalam merancang.
July 28, 2017
This is a useful book. That's all. That's it. No further explaination.
December 15, 2022
Jako jo, musím uznat, že kolega Neufert byl najetej jak sviň. Toto je knížka, kterou by měl mít u sebe každý architekt, ať už začínající, či zběhlý ve svém povolání. Tohlecto se nedá ani pořádně hodnotit, protože by to bylo jako kdybych hodnotil jakoukoliv učebnici. Kresba je klasická stavařská, informací je zde víc než dost. Jsou dva mínusy, a to je cena této masivní svině (nechť žije pirátění), a očekávatelná absence řešení novější stavařské a architektonické problematiky. 4 hvězdy, protože proč ne.
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February 18, 2025Einen guten Türöffnungsdienst zu finden, kann herausfordernd sein. Ich wollte nicht einfach den billigsten Anbieter wählen, sondern jemanden mit guten Bewertungen und klaren Garantien. Über habe ich Dresden Locksmith gefunden. Die Nutzerbewertungen waren überzeugend, und der Service war tadellos. Sie erklärten mir den Ablauf, öffneten die Tür und gaben eine Garantie auf die Arbeit.
February 21, 2021
I'm third grade Architecture student and just finished this book , and can say that this book teaches me more than i learn by my school.
Each Architecture Student should not should have to read this book.
Each Architecture Student should not should have to read this book.
August 1, 2017
very helpful in my course. I use this as a reference in my design class
November 10, 2018
it is the great book for architecture !!
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November 22, 2018
The perfect Design reference... it’s like a dictionary for the tiny tiny details...
February 22, 2019
كتاب جيد
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March 18, 2019
مهم جدا لكل معماري
April 28, 2019
architect starter pack :D
October 20, 2019
Constant source of basic research.
March 15, 2020
i literally would’ve saved precious hours of my life measuring all the furniture in my entire neighborhood instead of reading this useless book.
June 15, 2020
Always by the hand. The bright mind in the ominous chaos of the data ;) Poor Neufert! His frustrations are still more than actual.
November 30, 2020
Sach goi dau cho dan xay dung
May 27, 2021
Every architect’s scripture.
August 24, 2021
A must-have book for all architectural students
November 24, 2021
dosen marah marah mulu karena harus mengikuti standar dari buku ini
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May 6, 2022It is so great to all architects in all World.
December 28, 2022
Definitely, this book will be a useful book in the field of architecture, especially for people whose field of study is architecture and related fields. Good and simple technical explanation.
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