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The Architect's Studio Companion

Name: The Architect's Studio Companion
Author: Joseph Iano,Edward Allen

Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design

Joseph Iano,

Edward Allen,

English
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The Architect's Studio Companion

Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design

Joseph Iano,

Edward Allen,

About this book

THE ARCHITECT'S STUDIO COMPANION

The latest edition of the guidebook every architect needs at their fingertips, updated and expanded throughout

Start your designs on solid ground with The Architect's Studio Companion! This comprehensive handbook provides everything you need for the preliminary selecting, configuring, and sizing of the structural, environmental, safety, accessibility, and parking systems of a building. Edward Allen and Joseph Iano, authors of the market-leading Fundamentals of Building Construction, use their trademark talent for boiling down complex technical requirements into easy-to-use, time-saving guidelines for the engineering and architectural design of buildings.

The new seventh edition is updated with new building codes, new information on heating and cooling systems for buildings, new structural systems, new requirements for tall mass timber buildings, and more. Throughout the text, straightforward diagrams and user-friendly explanations help you lay out the most important systems of a building in a matter of minutes without stressing about complicated technical concepts. Use this guide to introduce building systems into the early stages of design, and greatly reduce the need for later revisions or redesign???and keep your projects on time and on budget.

Streamline your design process today with The Architect's Studio Companion:

Explore alternative structural systems quickly and efficiently
Compare the carbon impacts of alternative system choices… at a glance
Stay current with the latest information about tall mass timber buildings
Access information on high-performance heating and cooling systems, passive design, natural daylighting, and other sustainable design strategies with ease
Incorporate U.S. and Canadian building code requirements and accessibility regulations into your designs

More than just a reference, The Architect's Studio Companion, Seventh Edition is a must-have companion that no practicing architect or student should be without.

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