200 Years of American Architectural Drawing

200 Years of American Architectural Drawing
Author: David Gebhard
Publisher: Whitney Library of Design
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1977
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

Based on an exhibit opening in 1977 at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and entitled: 200 years of American architectural drawing.

Architectural Graphic Standards

Architectural Graphic Standards
Author: American Institute of Architects
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 2178
Release: 2017-03-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1119312744

ARCHITECTURAL GRAPHIC STANDARDS THE LANDMARK UPDATE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED STUDENT RESOURCE IN ARCHITECTURE The Student Edition of the iconic Architectural Graphic Standards has been a rite of passage for architecture, building, and engineering students for more than eighty years. Thoughtfully distilled from the Twelfth Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards and reorganized to meet the specific needs of today’s students, this fully updated Student Edition shows you how to take a design idea through the entire planning and documentation process. This potent resource stays with you through your academic experience and into your first years as a professional with thousands of useful illustrations and hundreds of architectural elements conveniently placed at your fingertips. Presented in a format closely resembling an architect’s actual workflow, this Twelfth Edition student handbook features: Completely new material on resiliency in buildings A versatile treatment written for the design studio setting and aligned with the most current curricular trends, including new and updated coverage on topics related to sustainability, digital fabrication, and building information modeling (BIM) A proven pedagogy that saves students time and ensures young professionals avoid the most common pitfalls Develop a state-of-the-art mastery of design best practices with Architectural Graphic Standards, Twelfth Edition, Student Edition.

Drawing Toward Home

Drawing Toward Home
Author: James F. O'Gorman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2010
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

DRAWING TOWARD HOME: Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England, edited by James F. O'Gorman, showcases a variety of drawings of domestic buildings that range in date from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, and depict an array of building types estates, modest single--family houses, summer cottages and even a typical Boston multi--family dwelling known as a three--decker.

Atlas of Another America

Atlas of Another America
Author: Keith Krumwiede
Publisher: Park Publishing (WI)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Architecture and society
ISBN: 9783038600022

"Owning a home is a cornerstone of the American Dream, the ultimate status symbol in the land of the free. But is the dream in crisis? Mass-marketed and endlessly multiplied, the suburban single-family house has become an instrument of global economic calamity and ongoing environmental catastrophe. Never before have we been so badly in need of a reassessment of our cultural values from an architectural perspective."--Back cover.