Detail Practice: Building with Steel is a handbook for quick, goal-oriented reading and implementation. Case study projects exemplify common norm details using large-scale drawings. The fundamentals of planning load-bearing structures provide design and planning help. This is supplemented by explanations of common load-bearing structures using examples of residential, office, hall and industrial buildings. Issues of fire safety and building physics particularly relevant to steel construction are treated alongside the use of steel as a material for cladding facades.

Alexander Reichel, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt, Architekturbüro Reichel Architekten, Kassel; Gastprofessur Lehrstuhl Entwerfen und Raumgestaltung, TU Darmstadt 2004-2005

Peter Ackermann, Dipl.-Ing. Architekt, München; Mitinhaber des Büro Ackermann und Partner

Anette Hochberg, Dipl.-Ing. Architektin, Griesheim; Assistentin Lehrstuhl für Entwerfen und Wohnungsbau TU Darmstadt

Examples: Industrial Hall Construction and extension of a residential building, bearing structure and skin, construction details; Jointing and connecting; Pins, rivets, bolts, screws, spot welds and stitches; Semi-finished products; Anti-corrosion measures, fire-protections and sound insulation; Built examples: Housing, Refurbishment, Foodbridge, Extension; Elementary stress and strains; Formation of load-bearing structures; Transport and assembly; Properties of steel