The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
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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. Review: architecture student - must have for an architecture student Review: Just like the description. Great book. - This book was in great condition when I received it and worked perfectly for my schools textbook requirements.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 82 Reviews |
G**T
architecture student
must have for an architecture student
B**E
Just like the description. Great book.
This book was in great condition when I received it and worked perfectly for my schools textbook requirements.
K**D
Greta Buy for ARE 5.0
Love this book for explaining concepts and going through the aspects of what a project could need from start to finish.
W**S
Good
Good
K**R
Not a hardcover as advertised. Damaged.
Book is a hybrid between hardcover/ softcover which is ok BUT book is damaged and appears used. Hard to get a good photo.
N**B
Beware comes with marks/dents
Came clearly used, had stains and marks on the books but overall in good condition. Great book id definitely get if you’re in architecture school! Helps a lot.
E**R
Not a hardcover book; you may not mind.
Book is fine, but it came damaged and it is not a hardcover book, as it said in the description. I need it for class, so I had to get it. If I wanted a softcover book, I would have purchased it elsewhere. So the book contents are 4 stars and the book itself is 2 stars.
P**R
Good resource next to the desk
This 7th edition is hardcover. Previous editions did not look to be. I would have preferred flexibound because they're a bit easier to lay flat and feel less academic. Included some example pages of what it looks like inside, resembling a mix of Building Construction Illustrated and the Fundamentals of Building Construction (by the same authors). Not everyone needs all three books because there's bound to be overlap and redundancy. I can't really rate resource books but since Amazon necessitates a score, putting a 4 if anything because of the hardcover situation. I think it can be more usable in flexibound or even what looks to be coated softcover in previous editions. Sometimes things reveal their worth only in a sudden pinch or new unexplored workflow. A desk should have resources to reference, this could be one of them that sticks around for a half decade (each edition release looks to be around 5-6 years). Or never used but undoubtedly someone else will find it useful so pass it along.
K**N
Not pleased - isn't a hardcover as stated in description
It says in the product description that this book is a hardcover, but once I received it, it's a paperback. Even though I paid for the hardcover. The only other option was the Kindle Edition, so obviously the flaw lies in the description.
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