Building Materials and Assemblies

Properties of materials and how they are combined into building assemblies.

ARCH-240 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned

Offered by HSM University · Architecture

Course content

  1. 1Selecting materialsComing
  2. 2Wood and engineered woodComing
  3. 3MasonryComing
  4. 4ConcreteComing
  5. 5Steel and metalsComing
  6. 6GlassComing
  7. 7Plastics and compositesComing
  8. 8FinishesComing
  9. 9Assemblies and detailing principlesComing
  10. 10DurabilityComing
  11. 11Embodied carbon of materialsComing
  12. 12Material research projectComing

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

Properties of materials and how they are combined into building assemblies.

Part of the Architecture stream, typically taken in year 2.