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The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
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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.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 721
EAN: 9780471736226
ISBN: 0471736228
Label: Wiley
Manufacturer: Wiley
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 480
Publication Date: 2006-11-28
Publisher: Wiley
Studio: Wiley
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I needed this book for a class of mine. It was delivered early and was in great condition. Thanks!
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Somewhat dissappointed - 
I was somewhat dissappointed with this book. The "rules of thumb" tend to go a little further in direction of "design" than "rules of thumb". I was looking for a simpler approach to many of the items based upon similar materials that the author included in another publication. Instead it seems he had second thoughts about, perhaps, careless use of the information and resorted to charts and tables based upon actual design criteria in some cases. For example, a rule of thumb for designing wood floor joist might be "The depth of the joists in inches can be estimated by taking the span in feet and subtracting 4. A 2x8 floor joist can span 12 feet." Instead there are tables based upon formulas. Rules of thumb are handy to make a quick approximation of the geometry of a building in order to prepare a preliminary drawing for engineers to use to begin design. I would have liked more simplification even if it had to include warnings or possible exceptions to the rule.
Very popular in the studio -
My only problem with this book is I can never find it because all my fellow studio classmates keep borrowing it. This saved hours having to calculate spans and dimensions. Definitely worth the price.
Student Friendly Content -
As an architecture student, I was required to purchase this text book to accompany my studio course. 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. I found that this book is very good at explaining the basics that one needs to accommodate early in the design process. If you are looking for something dealing more with code regulations, this is not really the book to purchase. It includes a wide range of topics which can help answer many student questions. I have been happy with my purchase!
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A Tool to Speed Preliminary -
This book is designed to help architects in their design of new buildings. Spedifically, the book is organized about the common building codes in place around the United States. 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.
The book establishes a simple system of seven steps to help the architect in his initial design effort.
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.
By having all this informaion at your fingertips a great deal of time can be saved.
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