Technical Encyclopedia of Architecture
Architecture
as language
Materials, projects, regulations. Everything an architect needs, in one place.
The graph
A network, not a list
Materials, systems, processes and regulations are not separate silos: they are linked. From one sheet you reach the systems that use that material, the standards that govern it, the processes that install it.
Technical sheets by family, with performance and build-ups.
Explore →Building assemblies broken down layer by layer.
Explore →How it is built, phase by phase, with the materials involved.
Explore →Laws and technical standards, with currency status and source.
Explore →Tools
Not just knowledge: tools that work
The network is not just theory: it becomes tools that work on your projects — starting with building compliance.
Compliance Navigator
From the type of work, an overview of the likely permit, the obligations, authorisations and professionals — at national level, with sources cited. A second opinion, not a prescription.
Where does your project start?
Open the Navigator →Blueprint — The Living Spec
System data becomes operational documents linked to the network: if a cited standard changes status, the document tells you.
Discover Blueprint →Material Database
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The Living Specification
The structured data of each system becomes operational documents — specification clauses, site checklists, compliance dossiers — that stay linked to the network: if a cited standard changes status, the document tells you.
Discover Blueprint →- In forceEvery cited standard is in force, with a verification date.
- In transitionA standard is about to be replaced: we flag it.
- SupersededYou get an alert and regenerate the document in one click.
Knowledge
Construction processes
External Thermal Insulation (ETICS)
A well-installed ETICS is not recognised on handover day: it is recognised ten winters later, when the facade is still flat, dry and free of anchor "ghosts". The difference is not made by the materials — it is made by the hand that installs them, and by the time that hand is given.
Ventilated Facade
A ventilated facade is a silent machine: behind the slabs, an air channel works every summer afternoon carrying heat away. But the machine only works if the substructure is true and the air can enter low and leave high — the rest is scenery.
CLT (X-LAM) Timber Structure
A CLT structure is not built: it is assembled. The real work already happened at the factory, at cutting; on site remain the precision of the first wall, the right screws in the right places, and one true rule — timber must never touch concrete nor stay wet while standing still.
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The story of contemporary building
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