Residential Open Building

This book provides a state-of-the-art review of open building. Open building is a highly flexible and economical method of building which has far-reaching advantages. Residential Open Building, the result of a CIB Task Group 'Open Building Implementation', provides a state-of-the-art review of open building, fundamental principles, recent developments, and international coverage of current projects on both the public and private arena. Open Building is a highly flexible and economical method of building which has far reaching advantages for urban designers, architects, contractors, developers and end users.