Publisher: Birkhauser, 2020, ISBN: 9783035619423, Editor: Bert Bielefeld, Format: Softcover, 220 x 155 mm, 80pp

This title details the different kinds of roofs and which advantages and disadvantages each of them has. It explains which tasks are performed by the structural elements and layers and how to account for these in planning construction. The objective is to provide students with the principles, properties and technical terms of construction so that they can implement this knowledge in concrete design plans: from building, to insulation and sealing, all the way to the basics of drainage.