The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings

by Osamu A. Wakita, Richard M. Linde

The practical, comprehensive handbook to creating effective architectural drawings In one beautifully illustrated volume, The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings presents the full range of skills, concepts, principles, and applications needed to create a full set of architectural working drawings. This new Third Edition emphasizes the importance of communicating general design concepts through specific working drawings. Chapters proceed logically through each stage of development, beginning with site and foundation plans and progressing to elevations, building sections, and other drawings. New features of this Third Edition This new edition also presents completely updated material on metric conversions, code analysis, masonry, and steel. Sets of working drawings for five different buildings are followed layer by layer from design concept through the finished construction documents. A companion Web site (www.wiley.com/go/wakita) includes summaries for each chapter, a glossary, review questions, laboratory problems, access to dozens of CAD drawings, a complete study guide, and much more. The Professional Practice of Architectural Working Drawings , Third Edition is an invaluable book for students in architecture, construction, engineering, interior design, and environmental design programs, as well as beginning professionals in these fields.

Genres: Architecture

728 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Luis Pavon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Te enseña todos los pasos que damos los arquitectos para preparar la documentación y sobretodo te prepara para el gran cambio que vendrá en la forma de trabajar en los estudios de arquitectura con la incorporación del BIM y en éste caso con REVIT como vehículo conductor.

[Jessie Moberg · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though a lot of this text is pretty old-school, it's still an excellent read-through and reference if you're looking to do Construction Documents the formal way. It gives you just enough guidance to keep you on track, but leaves you plenty of room to add your own drawing flair to otherwise dry drawings.

Part of my ARE study curriculum.

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very comprehensive.