The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
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Written by: Edward Allen, Joseph Iano
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Binding: Turtleback
Dewey Decimal Number: 721
ISBN: 0471736228
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
Publisher: Wiley
DteCode: j01
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The architect's favorite handbook-more informative and easier to use than ever!
The Architect's Studio Companion is the laborsaving design resource that architects and builders have relied on for years. Now in its fourth edition, this industry standard continues its reputation as a reliable tool for the preliminary selecting, configuring, and sizing of the structural, mechanical, and egress systems of a building. Bestselling authors Edward Allen and Joseph Iano reduce complex engineering and building code information to simple approximations that enable the designer to lay out the fundamental systems of a building in a matter of minutes and get on with the design.
Now in a flex binding that makes it even easier to use, The Architect's Studio Companion, Fourth Edition provides quick access to reliable rules of thumb that offer vital help for selecting, configuring, and sizing:
* Structural systems
* Heating, cooling, and electrical systems
* Egress provisions, including exit stairways, parking garages, and parking lots
* Daylight provisions
The book concludes with precalculated tables of building code height and area limitations.
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User Comments about the The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
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My only problem with this book is I can never find it because all my fellow studio classmates keep borrowing it. Definitely worth the price. This saved hours having to calculate spans and dimensions.
It includes a wide range of topics which can help answer many student questions. I have quite often reached for this book from my expansive library of required texts to find answers to rules of thumb for preliminary design. As an architecture student, I was required to purchase this text book to accompany my studio course. I found that this book is very good at explaining the basics that one needs to accommodate early in the design process. I have been happy with my purchase. If you are looking for something dealing more with code regulations, this is not really the book to purchase.
The first step is to determine the Building Code and occupancy, then check as to what types of construction are permitted by the code, move on to a preliminary structural design, consider using daylighting, plan for mechanical and electrical systems, determine building code requirements for egress and accessibility, and finally parking. Spedifically, the book is organized about the common building codes in place around the United States. This book is designed to help architects in their design of new buildings. The intent of the book is to minimize the time that an architect need spend on checking building codes themselves so that he can proceed to working on the design of the building. By having all this informaion at your fingertips a great deal of time can be saved. The book establishes a simple system of seven steps to help the architect in his initial design effort.
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