Book 4

"Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction" is an all new visual guide devoted exclusively to construction standards of residential structures. Created exclusively for professionals working in residential design and construction, this guide combines key information culled from the tenth edition of "Architectural Graphic Standards" with all new material on residential design. This special volume provides thousands of standard architectural details and guidelines and is an easy reference for anyone designing or constructing a residential project. From detailing foundations to designing home theaters, home offices, and other specialty rooms, "Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction" is a resource that's as efficient as it is comprehensive. You'll find design details that incorporate best construction practices as well as guidelines for state of the art wiring, heating, and cooling systems. In step with current practices, this volume includes the latest guidelines for: energy efficiency; accessibility; HVAC and indoor air quality; and, Green construction.
An essential guide for designing in today's fast paced and competitive building environment, "Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction" is a critical resource if you're an architect, contractor, engineer, developer, home builder, or other professional involved in designing residential buildings.

The 'Architect's Bible' since 1932, updated with the latest codes and standards Architectural Graphic Standards is the written authority for architects, designers, and building contractors. It provides comprehensive guidance on the visual representation of materials, products, systems, and assemblies. Updated to reflect the most current codes and standards, this new 12th edition features over 300 new drawings, tables, and designs and twenty-five percent new content. In response to architects' feedback and overwhelming demand for a more graphics-heavy format, this edition employs shorter, more accessible texts and more images of the standards and evolution of design and construction. New coverage includes building resiliency and the building envelope, expert discussion on the fundamentals of design and construction documentation, and new examination of environmental factors and material properties and performance. Sustainable Design is no longer separated, but incorporated throughout, and extensive appendices keep useful data right at your fingertips. Graphic standards are essential to building design.
They cover everything from door frames and roof designs to air ducts and outdoor sports facilities. This meticulous resource provides a compendium of planning standards, optimum dimensions, and normative construction details. The book is organized into three core sections covering: design and documentation, materials, and building elements. Architectural Graphic Standards features: * Key architectural design and production processes functional planning, environmental assessment, building resiliency, and architectural construction documentation * Thorough coverage of materials: concrete, masonry, metals, wood, plastics, composites, and glass * An exhaustive survey of building elements substructures, shells, services, equipment, furnishings, special structures, and siteworks * Comprehensive appendixes filled with pertinent data such as: classic architectural elements, mathematical data, and structural calculations Endorsed by the American Institute of Architects, this book has an enduring and unsurpassed reputation for high-quality illustration, text, and graphic design.
For crucial information in a user-friendly format, Architectural Graphic Standards is the go-to reference on building design and construction.

THE INDUSTRY TRUSTED GUIDE TO GRAPHIC STANDARDS

Architectural Graphic Standards Reference is the unsurpassed reference for building design and construction professionals

Offering architects, designers and building contractors comprehensive guidance on visually representing the materials, products, systems and assemblies needed for conceptualizing and constructing buildings.

Endorsed by the American Institute of Architects, this Reference includes high-quality illustration, text, and designs.

Key features include:

  • Access to thousands of downloadable graphic details, charts and ready-to-edit CAD drawings
  • A highly visual format that provides concise text, tables and thousands of detailed graphics
  • Intuitive navigation capabilities and enhanced discoverability of content
  • Up-to-date codes and standards; thorough coverage of materials: concrete, masonry, metals, wood, plastics, composites, and glass; and an exhaustive survey of building elements
  • Comprehensive appendixes filled with pertinent data such as: classic architectural elements; mathematical data; and structural calculations

Updated twice a year with emerging architectural design, production processes and the latest information on building elements and materials, Architectural Graphic Standards Reference allows users to search expert content and download thousands of graphic details, texts, and tables.


The new student edition of the definitive architectural reference

For seventy-five years, Architectural Graphic Standards has been the go-to reference for architects, builders, and engineers. Revised for the first time since 2000, Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition gives students their own handy resource.

Carefully abridged from the Eleventh Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards, this Student Edition features the same richly detailed graphics and text that have made Architectural Graphic Standards a classic, but updated and reorganized in a way that is relevant to today's student. Thousands of illustrations and a rich index offer immediate access to hundreds of architectural elements, while the wide variety of topics covered makes this work relevant throughout a student's architecture education and into the early stages of professional practice.

With a wealth of information for the student preparing for professional practice, this new edition: Covers building standards and practices, materials and systems, and details for every type of projectFollows CSI's Uniformat, a classification system that closely matches an architect's workflowFeatures completely updated content with a wide variety of standard architectural detailsOffers an ancillary Web site featuring sample curriculums, student exercises, classroom projects, PowerPoint(r) slides, and more
The new student edition of the definitive reference on landscape architecture

Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition is a condensed treatment of the authoritative Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, Professional Edition. Designed to give students the critical information they require, this is an essential reference for anyone studying landscape architecture and design.

Formatted to meet the serious student's needs, the content in this Student Edition reflects topics covered in accredited landscape architectural programs, making it an excellent choice for a required text in landscape architecture, landscape design, horticulture, architecture, and planning and urban design programs. Students will gain an understanding of all the critical material they need for the core classes required by all curriculums, including:
Construction documentationSite planningProfessional practiceSite grading and earthworkConstruction principlesWater supply and managementPavement and structures in the landscapeParks and recreational spacesSoils, asphalt, concrete, masonry, metals, wood, and recreational surfacesEvaluating the environmental and human health impacts of materials Like Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, this Student Edition provides essential specification and detailing information on the fundamentals of landscape architecture, including sustainable design principles, planting (including green roofs), stormwater management, and wetlands constuction and evaluation. In addition, expert advice guides readers through important considerations such as material life cycle analysis, environmental impacts, site security, hazard control, environmental restoration and remediation, and accessibility.

Visit the Companion web site: wiley.com/go/landscapearchitecturalgraphicstandards

Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction 1.0 CD-ROM provides the complete content of Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction, Second Edition, in an easy-to navigate electronic format. This single user CD-ROM is compatible with Mac and Windows and includes downloadable architectural details and drawings, a visual search feature, a bookmark tool to save and annotate content, and a search engine. This must-have resource is essential for architects and related designers who work with residential structures.