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Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition

With more than 8,000 architectural illustrations, including both reference drawings and constructible architectural details, Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition, provides an easily accessible graphic reference for highly visual professionals.

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Author: The American Institute of Architects
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 2007
Pages: 1120

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Since 1932, the ten editions of Architectural Graphic Standards have been referred to as the "architect's bible." From site excavation to structures to roofs, this book is the first place to look when an architect is confronted with a question about building design. With more than 8,000 architectural illustrations, including both reference drawings and constructible architectural details, this book provides an easily accessible graphic reference for highly visual professionals. This new edition includes information on sustainable building design and construction, as well as extensive additions and updates throughout to reflect the current state of building design.

Features Include:

New page layout and two-color design.
Improved organization applying Uniformat classification system.
A focus on environmentally sensitive and sustainable design including green materials, LEED standards, and recyclability aspects interwoven throughout the text.
New technologies, building systems and materials.
Expanded and integrated coverage on inclusive, universal, and accessible design standards.
New chapters on contemporary issues such as Building Information Modeling, CAD/CAM, and architectural research.
New information on regional and climate variations.
New standards for conducting, disseminating, and applying architectural research.

This new edition has been thoroughly reviewed and edited by hundreds of building science experts and experienced architects, to bring you up-to-the-minute and expanded content.

Excerpt from the Introduction
Navigating the 11th Edition
Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS) has long been revered as an indispensable resource in architectural offices, presenting design and technical information on building subject matter. It is also historic record of the materials, construction practices, and techniques commonly in use at each edition's time of publication, in effect creating a snapshot of the era's standards practice. Architectural Graphic Standards celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2007. In recognition of this milestone, the 11th edition builds on its venerable tradition to cover contemporary issues of architectural practice in this age of exploding design technology, thereby, establishing AGS as documentation of past, present, and future standards of practice in architecture.

Our vision for this edition was to create a volume that is more relevant to today's practicing architects and related practitioners. It is intended to be used as a design and reference tool during the earliest stages of project conception through production of detailed construction documents. A new content paradigm and updated design enables Architectural Graphic Standards to achieve this goal and remain the flagship architectural title it has always been. This edition of Architectural Graphic Standards is divided into three sections and completely reorganized. The contents of each section are organized using established construction classification systems.

Section 1, "Building Elements," applies the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI)/ Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) UniFormat, a classification system for organizing construction information by functional building elements. It is the primary organizational structure used by architects and contractors for preliminary design documentation, which includes schematic design drawings, preliminary project descriptions, and preliminary cost estimates. UniFormat characterizes building systems and assemblies by their function without identifying specific products or work results that compose them. Joseph Demkin, AIA, provides a discussion on the advantages of this organizational structure over CSI/CSC MasterFormat for Architectural Graphic Standards on page XXX.

Additionally, Section 1 addresses emerging strategies in building design, such as rainscreen wall design, heat, air and moisture considerations, and the impact of climatic differences. It also introduces case studies for each building element that demonstrate architectural responses to specific design considerations and serve to foster critical thinking in design by providing examples of the standards at work.

Section 2, "Materials," uses four of the MasterFormat division titles to organize information on the primary building materials - concrete, masonry, metals, and wood - used in construction. These chapters focus on the characteristics and properties of these materials and associated work results without regard for the types of building elements in which they may be used. For example, Chapter 9, "Masonry" includes such subjects as masonry mortaring and grouting, masonry anchorage, reinforcing, and accessories, unit masonry, glass unit masonry, and stone assemblies.

Section 3, "Issues in Contemporary Practice," includes four current issues of architectural practice that influence design and the development of construction documents. These issues represent current challenges facing all architects in an ever-changing profession. These topics include a framework for environmentally sensitive and sustainable design as a design philosophy; expanded and updated coverage of inclusive, universal, and accessible design strategies, using real-world examples to highlight key principles; emerging project-delivery methods, including Building Information Modeling and CAD/CAM, focusing on the movement from site-built construction processes to shop-fabricated/site-erected projects; and finally, the value of conducting, disseminating, and applying architectural research. By inclusion and expansion of this information from previous Architectural Graphic Standards editions, the hope is to provoke creative thought and analysis of design solutions that will advance the practice of architecture.

Careful attention has been paid to ensure the consistent use of proper construction terminology throughout Architectural Graphic Standards. Terminology has been coordinated with the 2004 edition of MasterFormat and the OmniClass Construction Classification System tables, which are being used by the National Institute of Building Sciences as the basis of terminology for the National Building Information Model Standard. At the end of each topic is a listing of MasterFormat titles that are found in that portion of the chapter. These are identified as "See Also" and are intended to assist users in finding subject matter and transitioning between the preliminary design organizational structure and work results titles used in specifications. The electronic version of Architectural Graphic Standards (available separately) may be searched by construction entities, spaces, elements, work results, or products as defined in OmniClass.

Also new to this edition is the updated design. Our colleagues at Bruce Mau Design, Inc., of Toronto were instrumental in evaluating AGS and creating a bold new look and feel. Inspired by the floor plan of the Abbey of St. Gaul, the design of Architectural Graphic Standards was achieved by an underlying grid of squares. The design, in most simple terms, provides a logical place for everything. Using a grid system and a new typeface, the pages are liberated; topics are no longer confined to one page, allowing content to flow across pages and providing more room for additional information. The numbering system and the bold new second color provide a wayfinding tool for the reader. The color highlights key elements of the page - chapter titles appear in red on every page followed by the topic in black, and the use of red on the printed page highlights the start of a new subtopic. All details, drawings, and tables have been numbered by chapter for easy reference, and notes to those images are now located at the bottom of the page.

The new generation of Architectural Graphic Standards is a first step in the evolution of presenting building information that will inspire critical thinking about design solutions, and uphold the profession's highest standards of care for the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

Organization of AGS Core Content
The intrinsic value of a technical reference such as Architectural Graphic Standards lies in the quality of its content, and that value is undoubtedly what has made Architectural Graphic Standards so well-respected and widely used for the past 75 years. Because of the extensive amount of information that AGS embodies, how that information is organized also contributes, at least in part, to the value and utility of this venerable work. To enhance its ease of use, the 11th edition has adopted a new organizational framework. After a brief overview of how past Architectural Graphic Standards editions addressed content organization, the framework for organizing content in the 11th edition is described.

Contents
Publisher's notes. Celebrating the past, designing the future. Foreword. Timeline. Situating Ramsey and Sleeper: A Genealogy of Architectural Graphic Standards. Introduction. Section 1:Building Elements. Chapter 1: Element A: Substructure. Chapter 2: Element B: Shell. Chapter 3: Element C: Interiors. Chapter 4: Element D: Services. Chapter 5: Element E: Equipment and Furnishings. Chapter 6: Element F: Special Construction and Demolition. Chapter 7: Element G: Building Sitework. Section 2: Materials. Chapter 8: Concrete. Chapter 9: Masonry. Chapter 10: Metals. Chapter 11: Wood. Section 3: Issues of Contemporary Practice. Chapter 12: Sustainable Design. Chapter 13: Inclusive Design. Chapter 14: Computing Technologies. Chapter 15: Architectural Research. Appendices: A. Climate. B. Solar Radiation and Building Orientation. C. Thermal Transmission. D. Construction Information Systems. E. CAD Standards. F. Graphic Symbols. G. Building Security. H. Classical Architectural Elements. I. Mathematical Data. J. Structural Calculations.