Metrication in Architectural Practice.

Simmons, H. Leslie

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ERIC Number: EJ096013

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Publication Date: 1974

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Metrication in Architectural Practice

Simmons, H. Leslie

Building Research, 10, 1, 24-26, Jan-Mar 74

Architects favor metrication because it should unify the construction industry by eliminating a proliferation of sizes, mismatched uncoordinated products and procedures; and also because it should be economically feasible. (A paper presented at Building Research Institute conference, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1973.) (Author/MLF)

Descriptors: Architects, Building Systems, Construction Industry, Cost Effectiveness, Metric System, Modular Building Design, Standards

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