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Building Systems for Interior Designers

ISBN: 9780470228470 | 0470228474

Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 6/9/2009

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Summary Table of Contents Author Biography

The updated guide to technical building systems for interior designersAs integral members of the building design team, interior designers share an increasingly complex and crucial role. Now revised in its second edition, Building Systems for Interior Designers remains the one go-to resource that addresses the special concerns of the interior designer within the broader context of the rest of the building design team.Building Systems for Interior Designers, Second Edition explains technical building systems and engineering issues in a clear and ... MOREaccessible way to interior designers. Covering systems from HVAC to water and waste to lighting, transportation, and safety, author Corky Binggeli enables interior designers to communicate more effectively with architects, engineers, and contractors; collaborate effectively on projects; and contribute to more accurate solutions for a broad range of building considerations.Among the many improvements in the Second Edition are:A deeper engagement with sustainable building design, giving the interior designer the resources needed to participate as part of a sustainable design teamA reshaped structure that enhances the reader's understanding of the materialMany more illustrations and explanatory captionsWith a host of features to make the book more up to date, easier to use, and more effective as an instructive guide, Building Systems for Interior Designers, Second Edition is a valuable book for students as well as a practical desktop reference for professionals.

Written in a straightforward, nontechnical style that maintains depth and accuracy, this landmark reference is the first text on building systems for interior designers. From heating and cooling systems, water and waste, electricity, lighting, interior transportation and communication systems, all of the mechanical and electrical systems that interior designers need to know are covered in a clear and accessible way.The technical knowledge and vocabulary presented here allow interior designers to communicate more effectively with architects, engineers, and contractors while collaborating on projects, leading to more accurate solutions for problems related to a broad range of other building considerations with an impact on interior designNew to this edition are chapters on structural systems and building components, and how they are integrated with the other systems.Illustrated with over 100 photographs and drawings new to this edition, Building Systems for Interior Designers is sure to be constantly at the fingertips of designers.

Building Systems for interior designers

Second Edition

Corky Binggeli, asid

The updated guide to technical building systems for interior designers

As integral members of the building design team, interior designers share an increasingly complex and crucial role. Now revised in its second edition, Building Systems for Interior Designers remains the one go-to resource that addresses the special concerns of the interior designer within the broader context of the rest of the building design team.

Building Systems for Interior Designers, Second Edition explains technical building systems and engineering issues in a clear and accessible way to interior designers. Covering systems from HVAC to water and waste to lighting, transportation, and safety, author Corky Binggeli enables interior designers to communicate more effectively with architects, engineers, and contractors; collaborate effectively on projects; and contribute to more accurate solutions for a broad range of building considerations.

Among the many improvements in the Second Edition are:

A deeper engagement with sustainable building design, giving the interior designer the resources needed to participate as part of a sustainable design team

A reshaped structure that enhances the reader's understanding of the material

Many more illustrations and explanatory captions

With a host of features to make the book more up to date, easier to use, and more effective as an instructive guide, Building Systems for Interior Designers, Second Edition is a valuable book for students as well as a practical desktop reference for professionals.

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Building and Its Environment
Environmental Conditions and the Site
Designing Building Functions for Human Health and Safety
Structural Systems
Basic Structural Principles and Elements
Structural Forms
Horizontal Structures and Vertical Movement
Water Supply, Distribution, ... MOREand Waste Systems
Water-Supply Systems
Water Waste and Reuse Systems
Toilet and Bath Design
Thermal Comfort: Heating and Cooling Systems
Principles of Thermal Comfort
Indoor Air Quality
Heating and Cooling
Electrical and Lighting Systems
Electrical-Systems Basics
Lighting Systems
Electrical Appliances and Communications Equipment
Fire Safety
Basic Principles of Fire-Safety Design
Fire Detection, Alarm, and Suppression
Acoustics
Acoustic Design Principles
Sound Absorption Within a Space
Sound Transmission Between Spaces
Acoustical Applications
Index
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Corky Binggeli, ASID, is a principal at Corky Binggeli Interior Design in Boston and has taught at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston and Boston Architectural College. A professional member of ASID and past President of ASID New England, she is the author of Graphic Standards Field Guide to Commercial Interiors; Interior Graphic Standards, Second Edition; Materials for Interior Environments; and coauthor with Francis D. K. Ching of Interior Design Illustrated, Second Edition, all from Wiley.

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