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The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design,Used
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THE ARCHITECTS STUDIO COMPANIONThe latest edition of the guidebook every architect needs at their fingertips, updated and expanded throughoutStart your designs on solid ground with The Architects 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 marketleading Fundamentals of Building Construction, use their trademark talent for boiling down complex technical requirements into easytouse, timesaving 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 userfriendly 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 Architects 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 highperformance 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 designsMore than just a reference, The Architects Studio Companion, Seventh Edition is a musthave companion that no practicing architect or student should be without.
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