Architectural Graphic Standards: Student Edition
Updated Student Edition of The Architect's Bible Since 1932, with Thousands of Illustrations of Architectural Graphic Standards

For seventy-five years, Architectural Graphic Standards has been the go-to reference for architects, builders, and engineers. Revised for the first time since 2000, Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition gives students their own handy resource.

Carefully abridged from the Eleventh Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards, this Student Edition features the same richly detailed graphics and text that have made Architectural Graphic Standards a classic, but updated and reorganized in a way that is relevant to today's student.

Thousands of illustrations and a rich index offer immediate access to hundreds of architectural elements, while the wide variety of topics covered makes this work relevant throughout a student's architecture education and into the early stages of professional practice.

• With a wealth of information for the student preparing for professional practice, this new edition:
• Covers building standards and practices, materials and systems, and details for every type of project
• Follows CSI's Uniformat, a classification system that closely matches an architect's workflow
• Features completely updated content with a wide variety of standard architectural details
• Offers an ancillary Web site featuring sample curriculums, student exercises, classroom projects, PowerPoint(r) slides, and more

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About The Authors:

Bruce Bassler is an Associate Professor of architecture at the College of Design at Iowa State University. He has years of experience using Architectural Graphic Standards, Student Edition in the classroom, and was the Student Edition editor for Architectural Graphic Standards: An Abridgement of the Ninth Edition. Professor Bassler holds a BS degree from Iowa State University and a Masters of Architecture degree from Texas A&M University.

Table of Contents: Read The Table of Contents (PDF)

Introduction

Section 1: Building Elements

Chapter 1- Element A: Substructure

Chapter 2- Element B: Shell

Chapter 3- Element C: Interiors

Chapter 4- Element D: Services

Chapter 5- Element E: Equipment and Furnishings

Chapter 6- Element F: Special Construction and Demolition

Chapter 7- Element G: Building Sitework

Section 2: Materials

Chapter 8- Concrete

Chapter 9- Masonry

Chapter 10- Metals

Chapter 11- Wood

Section 3: Issues of Contemporary Practice

Chapter 12- Sustainable Design

Chapter 13- Inclusive Design

Chapter 14- Computing Technologies

Chapter 150 Architectural Research

Appendices

Index Read The Index (PDF)

Hard-cover, 560 pages
Published 2008

ISBN: 978-0-470-08546-2