Architect's Studio Handbook

Develop design and working drawings more efficiently. Packed with useful hands-on information for both schematic design and computer-assisted working drawings, "Architect's Studio Handbook" is the ideal tool for every architect who wants handy rules-of-thumb, convenient graphic conventions, and easy-to-find answers in diagrams, charts, and drawings - all in a stay-open, flex-binding format. Author/architect Terry Patterson's complete, up-to-date, information-packed guide helps you: immediately locate essential building design technical data; recognize code compliance problems typical of drawings submitted for building permits; see what is expected by government agencies and other clients with repetitive building programs; get tips from practitioners in international and design-build practices; apply advice from engineers on selection and organization of building systems; determine acceptable ranges for components in building technology; and, more!