The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design

by Edward Allen, Joseph Iano

The architect's favorite handbook-more informative and easier to use than ever! The Architect's Studio Companion is the laborsaving design resource that architects and builders have relied on for years. Now in its fourth edition, this industry standard continues its reputation as a reliable tool for the preliminary selecting, configuring, and sizing of the structural, mechanical, and egress systems of a building. Bestselling authors Edward Allen and Joseph Iano reduce complex engineering and building code information to simple approximations that enable the designer to lay out the fundamental systems of a building in a matter of minutes and get on with the design. Now in a flex binding that makes it even easier to use, The Architect's Studio Companion , Fourth Edition provides quick access to reliable rules of thumb that offer vital help for selecting, configuring, and The book concludes with precalculated tables of building code height and area limitations.

Genres: Architecture, Reference, Nonfiction

468 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

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Edward Allen has taught for more than thirty years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, and the University of Oregon. He is the bestselling author of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Fifth Edition.

Reviews

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really is the architect's studio companion. Everyone even thinking about taking architecture should have this book in their library!

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource that provides a great overview.

[Mark Einselen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this in my school of architecture as a reference guide. It was a regular fixture by my drafting table. I think back to it often, professionally, but nowadays there are many online resources that can easily be bookmarked and referenced quicker.