This is the classic visual guide to the basics of building construction, now with the most current information. For nearly three decades, "Building Construction Illustrated" has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever - providing the latest ...
This title is a classic introduction to the principles of form, space, and order--the fundamental vocabulary of every designer and architect. The author interprets form, discussing point, line, plane, volume, proportion, scale, circulation, and the interdependence of form and space. He then analyzes architectural models drawn from around the world ...
The completely updated, illustrated bestseller on architectural graphics with over 500,000 copies sold, "Architectural Graphics" presents a wide range of basic graphic tools and techniques designers use to communicate architectural ideas. Expanding upon the wealth of illustrations and information that have made this title a classic, this Fourth ...
Offering a comprehensive introduction to interior design, this volume is unique in addressing the architectural context and functional requirements of interior spaces, as well as the details of furnishing and decoration. Francis D.K. Ching's integrated approach to the subject is reflected in the functional value and decorative beauty of the work ...
This compendium uses a combination of textual definitions and hundreds of superb line drawings to illuminate a comprehensive body of essential architecture terms, including important interrelationships between building and components. Grouped by themes, all terms have their visual complement and can be readily accessed in a number of different ...
Design Drawing Book and CD - ROM Francis D.K. Ching with Steven P. Juroszek Author and architecture educator Francis D.K. Ching shares his unique command of visual language in this new presentation of drawing principles and techniques. Design Drawing is a comprehensive introduction to drawing and more-its innovative book-plus-CD-ROM package sheds ...
From ancient Chinese civilization to the postmodern world organized along a global timeline, "A Global History of Architecture" presents an innovative approach to the study of architectural history. Spanning from 3,500 B.C.E. to the present, this unique guide is written by an all-star team of architectural experts in their fields who emphasize the ...
Get the easy-to-use, illustrated guide to the 2006 International Building Code[registered]. As the building industry moves toward a single set of construction codes that have no regional limitations, architects, builders, engineers, and interior designers need an interpretive guide to help them better understand how the code affects their ...
Francis D.K. Ching brings his trademark presentation to the structural design studio with this major new work co-authored by Barry Onouye and Douglas Zuberbuhler. Taking a new approach to structural design, Ching and his co-authors show how structural systems of a building - as an integrated assembly of elements with pattern, proportions, and ...
"Drawing relies on a clear vision. It also requires thought which, in, turn, builds understanding. Drawing cannot be detached from seeing and thinking about the fundamental nature of the subject matter being represented. The knowledge and understanding gained through drawing from life directly enhances our ability to draw from the imagination. ...
Home Renovation Frank Ching & Dale E. Miller How to transform your home into a more functional, comfortable, and pleasing environment is fully explained here and illustrated by Frank Ching's delightful graphics. Far more than a "project" book, this guide melds useful construction information with important planning and design ideas that should ...
Contents: Drawing; Process & Product; Line; Essence of Drawing; Shape; Definition of Form; Depth; Art of Illusion; Envisioning; Drawing from Imagination; Speculations; Drawing & Creativity. This explores all components of drawing. 400+ illustrations.
A practical, illustrated guide to the new International Building Code With the publication of the International Building Code, the building industry is moving toward a single universal set of construction codes, rather than the three regional codes previously in use. Now more than ever, architects need an interpretive guide to understand how the ...
More than the history of a family and a nation, Ancestors is a dramatic personal odyssey, a feat of research and discovery that is as thrilling as the history itself. Frank Ching's genealogical quest leads him back to the twelfth-century and through to the 1980s.
This true celebration of Chinese life begins and ends with the author as he traces his family back thirty-four generations to the eleventh century. Through illuminating family portraits, the history of China comes magically alive.
66 temas basicos de diseno arquitectonico, su historia y su tecnologia, agrupados con arreglo a ideas generales que van introduciendo al lector en el significado de las definiciones particulares en terminos afines o conexos, clarificando de esta forma la relacion entre ellos. Cada una de las paginas de gran formato esta repleta de terminos e ...
Este manual de dibujo arquitectonico, abundantemente ilustrado a mano alzada de los principios tradicionales basicos de la expresion grafica, desde la linea a la forma, la sombra y el espacio, asi como de los mas frecuentes sistemas de representacion: el sistema diedrico, la axonometria y la perspectiva conica. Este manual mantiene, por ello, su ...
Se examina en este libro cada principio arquitectonico mediante la yuxtaposicion de imagenes a las que separan siglos de diferencia y que cruzan fronteras culturales con el proposito de crear asi un vocabulario basico y intemporal. Se abordan, entre otros, los temas del punto, la linea, el plano, el volumen, la proporcion, la escala, la ...
This book chronicles the Li family of Hong Kong, whose members have been prominent for five generations as businessmen, bankers, legislators, and as prominent players on both the British and Chinese sides during the transition from British to Chinese sovereignty.
This visual documentation of acclaimed architect Francis Ching's visit to urbanized Japan contains Ching's highly-detailed, ink sketches of buildings, homes, and temples in commercial and residential districts.
This is an easy-to-use, illustrated guide to the 2009 edition of the "International Building Code". As the U.S. building industry adapts the international standards, architects and other building professionals need a clear, practical guide to the "International Building Code". Marrying the graphic skills of bestselling author Frank Ching with the ...
This innovative book/CD package represents a daring new product for the design market. The book is divided into three sections--drawing from observation, drawing systems, and drawing from imagination--and a "must have" for those in all design disciplines. The CD takes the material covered in the book one step further, demonstrating concepts and ...
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