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Architectural Graphic Standards, 11th Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: The American Institute Of Architects
Publisher: Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $250.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 40151
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 11th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1120
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7.3
Dimensions (in): 11.6 x 9.6 x 1.9
ISBN: 0471700916
Dewey Decimal Number: 690
EAN: 9780471700913
ASIN: 0471700916
Publication Date: March 30, 2007
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Amazon.com Review
Celebrating seventy-five years of defining architectural standards, Wiley is proud to introduce the most thorough revision of Architectural Graphic Standards in a generation. This anniversary edition of the indispensable architects tool features an entirely new design created by Bruce Mau Design, improved organization, and expanded and all-new content covering contemporary issues.
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Product Description
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.
To celebrate seventy-five years as the cornerstone of an industry, this commemorative Eleventh Edition is the most thorough and significant revision of Architectural Graphic Standards in a generation. Substantially revised to be even more relevant to today's design professionals, it features:
An entirely new, innovative look and design created by Bruce Mau Design that includes a modern page layout, bold second color, and new typeface
Better organized-- a completely new organization structure applies the UniFormat(r) classification system which organizes content by function rather than product or material
Expanded and updated coverage of inclusive, universal, and accessible design strategies
Environmentally-sensitive and sustainable design is presented and woven throughout including green materials, LEEDS standards, and recyclability
A bold, contemporary new package--as impressive closed as it is open, the Eleventh Edition features a beveled metal plate set in a sleek, black cloth cover
Ribbon Markers included as a convenient and helpful way to mark favorite and well used spots in the book
All New material
Thoroughly reviewed and edited by hundreds of building science experts and experienced architects, all new details and content including:
new structural technologies, building systems, and materials
emphasis on sustainable construction, green materials, LEED standards, and recyclability
expanded and updated coverage on inclusive, universal, and accessible design strategies
computing technologies including Building Information Modeling (BIM) and CAD/CAM
new information on regional and international variations
accessibility requirements keyed throughout the text
new standards for conducting, disseminating, and applying architectural research
New and improved details
With some 8,500 architectural illustrations, including both reference drawings and constructible architectural details, Architectural Graphic Standards continues to be the industry's leading, easily accessible graphic reference for highly visual professionals.
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 THE Standard January 6, 2009
What can you say? It's THE standard. Builders as well as designers will use this reference often, and this update is excellant.
friendly handbook becomes unwieldly textbook October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
At first I was in denial. It's taken me a while to admit that my spiffy $200 purchase
(aluminum cover plaque= sustainable?) is perhaps not what I would like it to be. I have found a few
useful pages (like the discussion on accessibility requirements)
Otherwise it's difficult to find anything in it , and the page layout is
often abominable....sometimes a title on one page is for a drawing on the next page...
or in the next column.did someone actually check the page layout before it was published?
Such a contrast to the readability of previous editions.
Where the previous editions were chock full of useful information,
this seems to be a theoretical treatise, lacking many useful cross references.
Some of the discussions are very interesting...like the section on
sustainable building...but it is not a good reference book in my experience.
It is a very different animal from its predecessors..
One could argue that I am just too used to the old format...yes....but maybe that's because
it was a good format. I would like to see a free 11.1 update, :-) or at very least
a good cross referenced index made available for $10, not $59.95.
Check it out carefully before you buy....Of course it was written by many intelligent
and knowledgeable people, and you may find it useful, but in a different way from the previous AGS.
 Good thing gone bad August 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a waste of money.
They have eliminated a section of the book that holds some very valuable general information and dimensions that are a great reference to have when designing. Everything from dimensions related to the body in standing, sitting and sleeping positions to car parking and manouver dimensions and radiuses. I used that part of the book regularly. Now, when I finally got my own copy, I find myself with a "heavy book" that is lacking some of the most basic information needed for proper design, yet gets specific about some other aspects that are very particular like parking requirements for a mosque!
Any one looking to buy my copy??
 An exhaustive detailed reference. A little management perspective would add value. April 29, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
A standard reference work on building components and design considerations - with many excellent diagrams. Although the book has a technical focus, a little perspective on the constructability and suitablity of componets and systems for specific applications would add value.
Also, some additonal treatment of new chemical related technologies that are now mainstream, such as chemical anchors and carbon fiber reinforcing, would be helpful.
Choosing Project Success - A Guide for Building Professionals
A poor substitute for previous additions April 12, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The new version of Architectural Graphic Standards is an impossible book to use. It reflects a component approach to putting a building together instead of looking at the totality of a building. The Eleventh Edition omits basic information, for example, like the exhaustive catalogue of material and electrical symbols found in previous additions. The book now has an attitude that follows the mantra of the American Institute of Architects with regard to issues like sustainability and visitability. Any architect with a conscience incorporates these values into actual practice, so to have whole sections on these subjects is like preaching to the converted. The book is really an editorial snow job on the profession. The metal plate on the front cover is truly pretentious while the pages inside have been physically downgraded to an almost tissue-like quality.
By changing the format of the book so radically from the previous organization (without any kind of cross referencing) of the construction divisions that guided the profession for decades, looking for information is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
If, as a practicing architect with 30 years experience, I find the book problematic then I would not even want to fathom how a young practitioner could wade through this disorganized, inadequate mess. If Ramsey and Sleeper, the original authors, saw this book today I think they would be rolling in their graves.
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