Concise, Practical Guides for Today's Design Professionals
Stephen A. Kliment, Series Founder and Editor
Now architects and all members of the design team have an invaluable one-stop source to help jump-start the design of a variety of specialized facilities: Building Type Basics Books. Written by leading national figures in each field and filled with nuts-and-bolts design information, these outstanding guides make it easy to start any project off on the right track -- and keep it there right through completion.
Each volume:
- Answers twenty key questions that shape the early phases of a project commission
- Provides hundreds of project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections, and details
- Offers authoritative, up-to-date information in a convenient, easy-to-use format.
Learn More About the Series from Stephen A. Kliment, FAIA
"The practice of architecture has of late become vastly more democratic. Today, the prodigious volume of construction commissioned by growing numbers of patrons has led specialist firms to expand to take on an extra volume of work, while more and more firms have become generalists, ready to take on design commissions across a multitude of building types. Within those firms, project designers and managers move routinely from handling a familiar building type to taking on others where they may lack experience..."To continue reading Mr. Kliment's introduction to the series, click here.
Building Type Basics Series (13)
April 2010, Hardcover
Written by an experienced architect, Building Type Basics for Elementary and Secondary Schools explains key elements of school design through descriptive diagrams and photos. This comprehensive guide provides the foundation of architectural design of elementary and secondary schools. The Second Editionincludes a new chapter on sustainable design, and a summary of the latest research on the impact of the school building on a child's ability to learn Read More
March 2010, Hardcover
Essential information for the design of housing
Building Type Basics for Housing, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete the design for housing, large or small, on time and within budget. Members of the award-winning design firm Goody Clancy share their firsthand knowledge to guide you through all aspects of designing and building residences. Read More
March 2010, Hardcover
Written by an architect with more than four decades of experience in the design of more than 100 banks, this is a definitive guide to the planning and design of banks and other financial institution projects. The author takes the architect step-by-step through the design of a bank, including planning and security considerations for branch banks to large banking facilities. Read More
September 2008, Hardcover
The Wiley Building Type Basics series provides architects and other professionals with the essential information they need to jumpstart the design of a variety of facilities. This volume covers the design of research laboratories, with the practical information necessary to meet the construction and renovation needs of this increasingly complex industry. Featuring more than 200 illustrations, the Second Edition now addresses laboratory construction Read More
April 2008, Hardcover
Essential information for the design of healthcare facilities
Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete a healthcare project, large or small, on time and within budget. Leading architects from across the United States share their firsthand knowledge in order to guide you through all aspects of healthcare Read More
Building Type Basics for Healthcare Facilities, Second Edition is your one-stop reference for the essential information you need to confidently begin the design process and successfully complete a healthcare project, large or small, on time and within budget. Leading architects from across the United States share their firsthand knowledge in order to guide you through all aspects of healthcare Read More
February 2005, Hardcover
Here's your guide through the basics of programming, designing, and planning many types of recreational facilities. Read More
November 2004, Hardcover
Finally, a nuts-and-bolts guide to all the design considerations for a variety of housing-from planning and site layout to building design. Complete with descriptive illustrations, this useful resource offers essential information, guidelines, and planning concepts for building projects for single-family detached units; townhouses; multi-family; mid-rise and high-rise buildings; and housing in mixed-use buildings. Read More
July 2004, Hardcover
Complete with descriptive illustrations, this useful resource offers essential information, guidelines, and cautionary advice on building projects for churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and spaces for religious education. Read More
May 2004, Hardcover
Building Type Basics for Transit Facilities covers the essentials of designing transit facilities.
* Features innovative transit station designs, including light and heavy rail, airports, and cruise terminals.
* Presents numerous illustratrations with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs.
* Provides need-to-know information for getting started in this complex area.
* Features innovative transit station designs, including light and heavy rail, airports, and cruise terminals.
* Presents numerous illustratrations with descriptive floor plans, diagrams, and photographs.
* Provides need-to-know information for getting started in this complex area.
Order your copy today! Read More
January 2004, Hardcover
Learn the essentials of designing housing and care environments for the elderly with this volume in The Building Type Basic Series. Read More
January 2004, Hardcover
Provides the nuts-and-bolts material to begin designing a retail or mixed-use facility.
* Features project photographs, diagrams and floor plans, and sections and details.
* Provides need-to-know information on such essential topics as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, code compliance, and more.
* Features project photographs, diagrams and floor plans, and sections and details.
* Provides need-to-know information on such essential topics as consensus-based decision making, site selection, renovation, code compliance, and more.
Order your copy today! Read More
April 2003, Hardcover
* Content ranges from isolated bucolic environments to large urban environments.
* Includes many building types such as dormitories, classrooms, and research facilities.
* Covers sweeping changes such as distance learning facilities, technology-driven research laboratories, and electronically enhanced dormitories.
* Contributing industry leaders include Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Kieren Timberlake, Ruble Yudell, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Read More
* Includes many building types such as dormitories, classrooms, and research facilities.
* Covers sweeping changes such as distance learning facilities, technology-driven research laboratories, and electronically enhanced dormitories.
* Contributing industry leaders include Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates, Kieren Timberlake, Ruble Yudell, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Read More
April 2002, E-Book
Planning to initiate designs for government, academic, and private research laboratories? Here's the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion. Read More
