Design is the focus in this text covering architectural components, materials, elements of construction, special concerns, and systems relevant to below-grade-level construction or site development. Includes nine case studies and references to more detailed specification sources. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Building Construction

Science & Math

James Ambrose

Technology

Springer

This book addresses, for the student of architecture, a subject that is of interest to a wide range of people with various relationships to the designing and constructing of buildings. There is at any given time a great mass of information on these topics which may be accessed for application to the many tasks of designers, builders, suppliers, and others. The enormity of this information resource is at once reassuring to those who regularly encounter needs for it, and overwhelming to just about everyone who needs to figure out how to use it. It is especially important for the young designer to be aware of and familiar with the entire framework and of the place of design within it. This book relates the topic of building construction to the basic problems of building design. The basic assumption here is that the need to design precedes the need to build, and that real concern for how to build comes from a desire to build something. This is the normal process of development for designers and others who start from the point of desiring a building and then proceed to determine what it should be. Intense concern for specific consideration of building materials, systems, and details of construction thus emerges at a later stage of design, typically after the general form, size, and essential nature of the building are already proposed.

Building Construction and Design

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

This book is an introductory text for courses in the design of building foundations.

Simplified Design of Building Foundations

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

John Wiley and Sons

A concise, highly accessible source for site engineering basics. This updated edition of Parker's classic text introduces the basic issues, tasks, and problems of site engineering to students and professionals who need to understand the significance of surveying data. It presents the fundamentals of site engineering --surveying and mapping, drainage, slope stabilization, and basic structures --and explains in detail the solutions to a wide variety of problems, including: * Interpretation of deed descriptions * Dimensioning buildings and sites when angles are other than right angles * Computing areas for irregular plots * Dimensioning and laying out circular curves for driveways and buildings * And much more. Featuring a simplified, accessible style with numerous examples of problems and their solutions, as well as references and practical aids that facilitate home study, this is the ideal surveying and site-planning primer for students in architecture, landscape architecture, and civil and structural engineering. It is also an excellent handbook for working architects, building contractors, and professionals in related fields.

Simplified Site Engineering (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)

Arts & Photography

Harry Parker

John W. MacGuire

Architecture

Wiley-Interscience

Building Structures

Shahin Vassigh

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders

Patrick Tripeny

wiley

Simplified Engineering for Architects and Builders (Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides)

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