Time-Saver Standards for Building Types [Hardcover]

Joseph De Chiara (Author), Mike Crosbie (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0070163871 | ISBN-13: 978-0070163874 | Edition: 4th

Save time with topic-by-topic guide to building standards

The only comprehensive reference to all building types, Time-Saver Standards for Building Types, Fourth Edition is loaded with all the essential design criteria and standards you need to prepare preliminary designs, execute programming requirements, and analyze the functions and uses of a building. Authors Joseph DeChiara and Michael Crosbie focus on topical issues of rehabilitation, change of use, preservation, accessibility, energy conservation, and environmental regulations. New material in this edition includes home offices, entertainment centers, assisted living, primary-care and wellness facilities, day-care and nursery facilities, jails and prisons, places of worship, health clubs, international sports facilities, and new rail facilities. What's more, new international examples and full metrification make the book a truly global publication.

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From the Back Cover

The only comprehensive architectural reference for buildings of all types, this new edition of Time-Saver Standards for Building Types offers easily referenced technical guidelines, criteria, standards, and specifications to make the preliminary and planning work of designers and builders go more quickly and smoothly.

The classic architectural data resource for all building types, now up to date for a new century, with 1500 illustrations

This updated and revised Time-Saver Standards for Building Types is a "first reference" and primary source of guidance for design and material selection. It lists in easily accessible format the key criteria that every architect and builder must consider in designing, specifying, and constructing buildings--data needed to prepare preliminary designs, execute programming requirements, and analyze the functions and uses of any building. This volume is the only comprehensive reference covering all building types.

The Fourth Edition features key data on topical issues such as rehabilitation, change-of-use, preservation, accessibility, and energy conservation and other environmental concerns. A new graphic design with new illustrations makes this source more helpful than ever to use.

Time-Saver Standards for Building Types provides a comprehensive overview of a range of building structures. An invaluable guide for review of technical data, it is equally appropriate for use in continuing education courses, in preparation for professional licensing exams, and in schools of architecture.

Time-Saver Standards for Building Types covers:
Airports
Assisted Living Facilities
Colleges
Convention Centers
Courthouses
Day Care Centers
Embassies
Entertainment Complexes
Firehouses
Funeral Homes
Health Clubs
Home Offices
Hospitals
Hotels
Institutions
International Facilities
Jails
Libraries
Manufactured Homes
Multi-Unit Dwellings
Municipal Buildings
Office Buildings
Places of Worship
Police Stations
Primary Care Centers
Prisons
Residences
Restaurants
Schools
Service Stations
Shopping Centers
Sports Facilities
Stores
Theaters

About the Author

Joseph De Chiara is a practicing architect and city planner in New York City. He has taught at Columbia University, Pratt Institute, the New York Institute of Technology, and the SUNY system. He is the coauthor of Time-Saver Standards for Site Planning, Time-Saver Standards for Residential Development, and Time-Saver Standards for Interior Design and Space Planning, among other titles. Mike Crosbie (South Norwalk, CT) is an architect with Steven Winter Associates and a former Editor with Progressive Architecture magazine. He is a coauthor of Time-Saver Standards for Architectural Design Data 7/e. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1005 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing; 4th edition (April 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070163871
• ISBN-13: 978-0070163874
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.1 x 2.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,492,553 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference book, May 6, 2002

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Rafael Lemieszek Pinheiro "rafaellp" (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time-Saver Standards for Building Types (Hardcover)

This is a book that sometimes resembles Neufert's, but it has a lot of additional information you might need that will make easier the process of designing various types of buildings. It gives you notions, ideas, proportions, measures and everything you need to know when starting a project. A must-have to any architect (specially with these incredible low-priced used ones. I got mine for 13 bucks and it's absolutely like new).

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars perfect reference, February 13, 2004

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Kaes Ali (Toronto-Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time-Saver Standards for Building Types (Hardcover)

rich in graphics and details, perfect companion when you need quick answers, specially if you get a used book at a fantastic price like these, it is worth it!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time-saver Standards for Building Types, October 25, 2011

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