Digest 45 Design and appearance. Part 1
Publication Year
1964
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
From time to time a digest has dealt with a particular aspect of the behaviour of materials - for instance, the effects of moisture penetration and attack by alkali and sulphates on stone, brickwork, mortars and renderings, the effect of the washings from limestone walls on sandstone plinths and pavings, the failures of paints or the corrosion of metals. Such effects have usually been discussed primarily in terms of prevention and cure, rather than in terms of appearance and architectural detailing. However, the appearance of many of the buildings erected in the last two decades suggests that the reasons for certain details used in the past are not widely understood and that, in certain cases, even elementary safeguards have been neglected, resulting in much preventable shabbiness quite early in the life of the building. This digest discusses some important design details on which the ability of a building to retain a satisfactory surface appearance depends. This digest is concerned particularly with the appearance of Portland stone.
Publisher Information
BRE
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