Architect's Portable Handbook - Softcover

Guthrie, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007025303X ISBN 13: 9780070253032

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1998

Synopsis

Attempts to compress the most important information needed by design professionals in the preliminary design of buildings of all types and sizes into sixteen parts covering: general items such as construction costs, building laws, structural systems, and acoustics; site considerations including land planning, grading and drainage, utilities, and landscaping; concrete; masonry; metals; woods; thermal and moisture protection; doors, windows, and glass; finishes; specialties; equipment; interiors; assemblies; conveying systems; mechanics like plumbing and heating systems; and lighting and electrical systems. The material is conveyed in as concise a form as possible and arranged in an order which parallels the progress of a typical job. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Updated and expanded, it answers more questions more quickly than any other building design resource anywhere. Pat Guthrie's The Architect's Portable Handbook is already the choice of thousands of architects, contractors, and design professionals who seek solid first-step rules of thumb for building design. Easy to handle and organized in the easy-to-follow CSI Masterformat, which parallels the progress of a typical job, the Handbook offers you quick, accurate, on-the-job guidance on everything from cost estimating to electrical systems. Featuring materials and specifications checklists, design data for major building materials, and details for major components and assemblies for any type of facility, the updated and expanded Second Edition offers: the latest building standards, including the 1997 UBC; updated unit costs for building materials, systems, and construction; a new simplified version of the national model energy codes; many new examples highlighting key techniques and procedures; several new and revised tables and line drawings. The Handbook is broader in scope than competing tools while providing just the right level of detail to help you make sound, on-the-spot design decisions every time. A perfect complement to Guthrie's Cross-Check, which helps ensure error-free working drawings, the Handbook is an indispensable, time-saving companion.

About the Author:

John Patten ("Pat") Guthrie, AIA, is principal of John Pat Guthrie Architects, Inc. A resident of Scottsdale, Arizona, Pat has been licensed as an architect in 13 states. He is also the author of McGraw-Hill's Cross Check: Integrating Building Systems and Working Designs and Interior Designer's Portable Handbook. Pat occasionally teaches at the FLW School of Architecture at Taliesen West. He and his wife Janet are the parents of two grown children, Eric and Erin. Pat's avocations include world travel, art, sailing, and history.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 007025303X
• ISBN 13: 9780070253032
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 555