Shortcuts: Sustainability and Practice
Austin Williams
March 2009
Code: 67743
ISBN: 9781859463222
208 pp
Paperback
£25.00
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Shortcuts provide an eclectic mix of at-a-glance guides to the minefield of regulations, new materials, and technologies
that confront building designers today. Comprising handdrawn sketches, technical drawings, and punchy articles, each Shortcut
takes you right to the heart of a key topic in architecture and construction, presenting a wealth of invaluable information in an
accessible and lively way.
Shortcuts: Book 2 explores the issues that affect the way building designers work, with topics grouped into chapters on
energy conservation, sustainability, working practices, health and safety, and legislation and guidance. The shortcuts range from zero
carbon energy sources to green roofs, and from drawing conventions to contracts and case law.
Each Shortcut is a quick, reliable, and incisive clarification of the welter of diverse (and sometimes conflicting) technical
guidance that tends to bombard and bamboozle designers.
About the author
An architect and project manager by profession, Austin Williams is also a regular columnist with the Daily
Telegraph, director of the Future Cities Project, and was technical editor at the Architects' Journal, architecture critic with
BBC London's Robert Elms' Show, and part-time tutor at the Royal College of Art Vehicle Design Department.
He is the author of "The Enemies of Progress" (Societas) and "The Macro World of Microcars" (Black Dog) and is currently editing
"The Future of Community" (Pluto). He is also the founder of ManTowNHuman: Manifesto Towards a New Humanism. He has written for a
range of books and publications, including: The Times Literary Supplement, Times Higher Educational Supplement, Trespass, Top Gear,
New Humanist, Blueprint, Construction News, Architects' Journal, Building Design, spiked-online, The London Property Review; and MJ.
What people are saying about Shortcuts
"Shortcuts are the type of guides we all love. Really good basic information on technical stuff that we should all know about, illustrated by classic architect's wobbly line sketches." Jack Pringle
"Shortcuts are an extensive and fascinating exploration on the many aspects of construction with a wealth of insight and useful references… (picking) up where Henry Haverstock left with his Easibrief ten years ago." London-based, German architect Bernhard Blauel
"Although I have 25 years' experience in Building Control, I still find that it is easier to explain regulations to a client using Shortcuts than to refer to the Approved Documents." Geoff Wilkinson, Vice Chair, Faculty of Building Control and Standards
"The two Shortcuts books are really great publications. They are essential reading for our students at the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, providing a wealth of detail and information in a clear and accessible format. Highly recommended." Iain Borden, Head, Bartlett School of Architecture
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