Architecture: Form, Space, and Order 4th Edition

For more than forty years, the beautifully illustrated Architecture: Form, Space, and Order has served as the classic introduction to the basic vocabulary of architectural design. The updated and revised Fourth Edition features the fundamental elements of space and form and is designed to encourage critical thought in order to promote a more evocative understanding of architecture.

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order distills complex concepts of design into a clear focus and brings difficult abstractions to life. The book explains form and space in relation to light, view, openings, and enclosures and explores the organization of space, and the elements and relationships of circulation, as well as proportion and scale. In addition, the text’s detailed illustrations demonstrate the concepts presented and reveal the relationships between fundamental elements of architecture through the ages and across cultures.

This edition includes an access card with a redemption code for the online Interactive Resource Center, which features thirty-five animations, flashcards of key architectural terms, and an image gallery showcasing hundreds of photos that enrich the book’s content.

Architecture: Form, Space, and Order 4th Edition

Product Details

    Paperback: 464 pages
    Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (September 29, 2014)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1118745086
    ISBN-13: 978-1118745083
    Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.1 x 10.8 inches

Building Construction Illustrated 5th Edition

The classic visual guide to core principles of building construction, now with a Companion Web Site

Building Construction Illustrated is the go-to resource for answers to questions about the basic concepts underlying every construction project. With rich illustrations and detailed discussions of building concepts, this book gives you the knowledge you need to succeed in residential and commercial construction, architecture, and structural engineering.

This new edition of the revered industry standard remains as relevant as ever—providing the latest information in renowned author Francis D.K. Ching’s signature style that blends in-depth content and extraordinary illustration. Ching also expands on his decades-long commitment to environmentally-sensitive construction principles designed to reduce reliance on active environmental control systems and the energy they consume.

With detailed instructions, beautiful graphic presentation, and access to new, interactive digital content, Building Construction Illustrated includes:

    Core, introductory information about construction materials and methods—topics covered in architectural and building technology education and learned by designers, technologists, and managers.
    Clear and accurate drawings that illustrate state-of-the-art construction processes and materials—updated and revised to include the latest knowledge on sustainability, incorporation of building systems, and use of new materials.
    A digital 3-D model showing how building components are assembled—offered in a companion web site: wiley.com/go/constructionillustrated.

Whether you are brushing up on the basics or looking for inspiring new construction ideas, Ching’s Building Construction Illustrated is an essential reference guide.

Building Construction Illustrated 5th Edition

Product Details

    Paperback: 480 pages
    Publisher: Wiley; 5 edition (February 17, 2014)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1118458346
    ISBN-13: 978-1118458341
    Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches

Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2012 International Building Code 4th Edition

The new 4th edition of Building Codes Illustrated is aimed at two audiences. The first is students and emerging professionals who are just learning to use the building code. The second audience is more experienced practitioners looking to validate their interpretations of code sections and to familiarize themselves with changes made in the new 2012 International Building Code. The new 4th edition of Building Codes Illustrated uses graphics, the language of designers, to elaborate on the book’s text to clarify code intent and requirements for code users. Below are trends I noticed while revising the 4th Edition text to accompany the wonderful illustrations of Francis D.K. Ching. These are just a few examples of the many changes to be found in the new code.

    One trend in code revisions today is to make changes to “clarify” the code. These changes often involve not only rewording sections, but reorganizing the order of various sections. Section number changes make it very hard to find items based on remembering section numbers from old codes. In my code consulting practice I advise designers to never do code work from memory. While the code text indicates in the margins where sections have been deleted, it gives no guidance about whether the section has just been moved, or wholly deleted. This book gives guidance for such changes.

    Outpatient medical care occurs increasingly in facilities not located in traditional health-care centers. It is becoming common to find outpatient surgical procedures happening in tenant spaces. New requirements in Section 422 address fire separations of these medical spaces from adjacent tenants where the patients may be rendered unconscious or unable to move readily in an emergency. Examples of facilities that could be covered by these provisions are laser vision clinics and kidney dialysis treatment centers.

    The code requirements for fire protection of overhangs located close to a property line have always been confusing. There are revised code provisions for how to measure and protect overhangs that are accompanied by new illustrations in our book.

    Open “exit” stairs were relocated in the Mean of Egress Chapter, IBC Chapter 10, from the Exit section in Section 1022 to be “exit access stairs” in Section 1016 in the 2009 International Building Code, as illustrated in the 3rd Edition of our book. This revision was revised yet again in the 2012 code into requirements for open and enclosed stairs in Section 1009, as illustrated in the 4th Edition.

    Guard rail heights in R-3 occupancies and inside R-2 occupancies have been reduced in an Exception to Section 1013.3 to 36 inches from the 42 inch height previously required. This aligns the IBC with the International Residential Code requirements for one and two family dwellings.

There are numerous other changes described and illustrated in the new 4th edition of Building Codes Illustrated.

Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2012 International Building Code 4th Edition

Product Details

    Paperback: 448 pages
    Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (July 10, 2012)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0470903570
    ISBN-13: 978-0470903575
    Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.1 x 11 inches