This book offers a wealth of valuable, hard-to-find technical information on mid-twentieth-century building materials and systems, all carefully selected from the Fourth (1951) through Seventh (1981) editions of Ramsey/Sleeper's acclaimed Architectural Graphic Standards.
This book offers a wealth of valuable, hard-to-find technical information on mid-twentieth-century building materials and systems, all carefully selected from the Fourth (1951) through Seventh (1981) editions of Ramsey/Sleeper's acclaimed Architectural Graphic Standards. A key reference for architects, builders, and educators whose work involves building maintenance and restoration, it brings back into print hundreds of pages that no longer appear in the current edition of Architectural Graphic Standards but which have real value and relevance for today's architectural practice.
Chapters include data and details for residential design, sitework and landscaping, stairs, fireplaces, energy-related issues such as sun shading and solar control, and more. Of particular interest is the information-on topics such as stonework and terra cotta, plank and beam framing, roofing systems, mill construction, and pneumatic tube conveyors-concerning systems and techniques no longer used in contemporary design but still found in buildings subject to remodeling and adaptive reuse.
Throughout, the book is made easy to use with the help of useful guidance on the interpretation of the older pages and annotations placing the material in a CSI MasterFormat(TM) context.
Filled with well-presented visual examples that offer important practical insights into the evolution of twentieth-century design and practice, this unique volume is an important working tool and a valuable addition to every architectural library.
Seit 1932 sind die 'Architectural Graphic Standards' (AGS) das Hauptnachschlagewerk
für Architekten und Bauexperten. Dieser Band vereint auf über 400 Seiten
Einzelheiten und Wissenswertes von der 4. Auflage (1951) bis zur 7. Auflage
(1981) der AGS. Enthalten sind sonst schwer zugängliche technische Informationen
zu Baumaterialien und -systemen, die um die Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts
verwendet wurden, als ein Großteil unseres heutigen Baubestandes entstand.
Ein unverzichtbares Nachschlagewerk für alle Baufachleute, die sich mit
Instandhaltung, Renovierung und Restaurierung dieser Gebäude beschäftigen.
