Architectural Drafting Using AutoCAD provides thorough coverage of architectural drafting techniques using AutoCAD. Designed for both novice and experienced AutoCAD users, this text focuses on general procedures for creating a set of architectural ...

The newly revised 9th edition of Basic Blueprint Reading and Sketching continues the traditions in helping to readers achieve [sic] competence in reading and sketching technical drawings. This classic interactive book/workbook will help users cevelop...

This book remains the ultimate up-to-date resource for professionals and students who need to develop and communicate design ideas with clear, attractive, impressive color drawings. This third edition contains an entirely new section focused on state...

This book addresses specification writing as a process for managing professional risk, enhancing the value of an architect's or engineer's instruments of service, and increasing the economic performance of vacilities in public and private sectors. Th...

In his distinctive graphic style, world-renowned author and architecture educator Francis D.K. Ching takes us on another exiting journey through the process of creation. In this book, he unmasks the basic cognitive processes that drive visual percept...

This book is about putting your design ideas on paper for others to enjoy. Recent developments in computer rendering technology have put amazing new tools in the hands of designers. But for communicating emotion and character, there is simply no repl...

This text concentrates on teaching freehand sketching as a skill and a vital component of the design process. Several hundred sketching exercises reinforce through practice the concepts students are learning. This unique approach reflects the growing...