The Architect’s Studio Companion is a robust, user-friendly resource that keeps important information at your fingertips throughout the design process. It includes guidelines for the design of structure, environmental systems, parking, accessibility, and more. This new sixth edition has been fully updated with the latest model building codes for the U.S. and Canada, extensive new information on heating and cooling systems for buildings, and new structural systems, all in a form that facilitates rapid preliminary design. More than just a reference, this book is a true companion that no practicing architect or student should be without.
This book provides quick access to guidelines for systems that affect the form and spatial organization of buildings and allows this information to be incorporated into the earliest stages of building design. With it you can:
Select, configure, and size structural systems
Plan for building heating and cooling
Incorporate passive systems and daylighting into your design
Design for parking and meet code-related life-safety and accessibility requirements
From the Back Cover
THE GUIDEBOOK AT EVERY ARCHITECT'S FINGERTIPS—UPDATED AND EXPANDED
Get your preliminary designs off the ground with The Architect's Studio Companion, Sixth Edition—the handbook you need for the preliminary selecting, configuring, and sizing of the structural, environmental, life safety, accessibility, and parking systems of a building. Edward Allen and Joseph Iano, authors of the bestselling Fundamentals of Building Construction, use their trademark talent for boiling down complex technical requirements into easy-to-use and time saving guidelines for the engineering and architectural design of buildings. Use this practical reference to:
Quickly access up-to-date information on the latest energy efficient building heating and cooling systems
Easily explore alternative structural materials and systems for your building design
Readily incorporate the requirements of the latest U.S. and Canadian model building codes and accessibility regulations
Consider passive approaches to heating and cooling, natural daylighting, and other sustainable building design strategies
Streamline your design process today with The Architect's Studio Companion, Sixth Edition.
Product Details
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 6 edition (January 17, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1119092418
ISBN-13: 978-1119092414
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches
