1.Building envelopes – terminology, function, climatic and boundary design conditions, loads, fundamental design principles. 2.Roofing of buildings – classification of roofs, main structural parts and components, types of the roof dewatering. Flat single-leaf roofs (warm roofs) – design principles, material variations, roof dewatering, layers of flat roof composition. Material variants of individual layers of single-leaf flat roofs, structural types of single-leaf roofs (classical arrangement of layers, inverted, compact). 3.Flat double-leaf roofs (cold roofs) – structural design principles, flat roof dewatering, material variations, layers of flat roof composition, design of roof ventilation system. Trussed rafter. 4. Roof trusses – classification, carpenter´s joints, basic types of trusses and crown posts. Purlin systems – design solution at the hipped end and at the gable. 5. Modern roof trusses – collar beam trusses and rafter systems. Compositions of roof structures above inhabited attic spaces. 6. Basic types of roof coverings, design principles and requirements for application. 7. Sheet metal constructions. Implementation and details of pitched and flat roofs. 8. Peripheral wall structures - design requirements for sandwich walls with a thermal insulation leaf. Material possibility and technological processes of fixing of external insulation layers (anchoring, gluing surface finishes). Principles of a solution of multi-layer wall structures with the external insulation layer. Materials and technology of an application of external insulation layers (anchoring, gluing, surface finishes). 9. Peripheral wall structures – design principles, material variations of single-leaf homogeneous structures. Structural principles and variants of the composition of thermal insulation layers in external constructions with regards to the heat and moisture transport. 10. Openings in peripheral wall structures: windows - variants, materials, requirements for installation. 11. Openings in peripheral wall structures: external pedestrian doorsets and gates- variants, materials, requirements for installation. Ways of fitting of windows and doors. Roof windows. 12. Lightweight steel-plastic peripheral structures – use, structural and material types, anchoring of components. 13. The final lecture, examination instructions.

1. Introduction to practical classes, conditions for obtaining credits. Individual assignment of building ground plan for the semester work, design of the floor structure above the last floor of a residential building. 2. Theoretical solutions of roof dewatering, variant designs. 3. Design of the flat single-leaf roof (warm roof). Design and evaluation of roof layers, design of the roof dewatering system. 4. Design of the double-leaf roof (cold roof). Design and evaluation of roof layers, design of the roof dewatering system, design of ventilation openings of the cold roof. 5. Design of roof truss of the pitched roof, choosing the right solution for the roof structure above inhabited attic spaces. 6. Design and evaluation of layers of inhabited attic space structures. Cross-sectional drawing of inhabited attic space. 7. Consultation lesson. 8. Complex solutions of implementation details of designed roofs, i.e. pitched roof and flat single-leaf roof (warm roof) / double-leaf roof (cold roof). 9. Consultation lesson. 10. Design of front facades - technical frontal views. Design and evaluation of layers of the peripheral wall structure. 11. Design of the suitable window type, details of installation. 12. Consultation lesson. 13. Semester work submission and final assessment.