Joseph Iano is an author, illustrator, and practicing architect who has taught design and technology in schools of architecture throughout the United States. He has collaborated on numerous publications over a span of more than 30 years. Currently, he runs a Seattle firm that provides technical, quality management, and communications consulting to the design and construction industry.

Edward Allen, FAIA (1938–2020) taught more than 35 years as a faculty member of Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and other North American schools of Architecture and Design. Over the course of a professional career spanning five decades, he influenced a generation of architectural educators, designed more than 50 constructed buildings, and was the best-selling coauthor of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Form and Forces, Architectural Detailing, Fundamentals of Residential Construction, and many other architectural works in print.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXX

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK XXX

SECTION 1

DESIGNING WITH BUILDING

CODES XXX

1. DESIGNING WITH BUILDING CODES  XXX

SECTION 2

DESIGNING THE STRUCTURE XXX

1. SELECTING THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM XXX

2. CONFIGURING THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM XXX

3. SIZING THE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM  XXX

SECTION 3

DESIGNING WITH DAYLIGHT  XXX

1. DESIGN CRITERIA FOR DAYLIGHTING

SYSTEMS XXX

2. CONFIGURING AND SIZING DAYLIGHTING

SYSTEMS XXX

SECTION 4

DESIGNING SPACES FOR MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES XXX

1. SELECTING HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS FOR LARGE BUILDINGS XXX

2. CONFIGURING AND SIZING MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES FOR LARGE BUILDINGS  XXX

3. PASSIVE HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEMS

4. MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FOR SMALL BUILDINGS XXX

SECTION 5

DESIGNING FOR EGRESS AND ACCESSIBILITY XXX

1. CONFIGURING THE EGRESS SYSTEM AND

PROVIDING ACCESSIBLE ROUTES XXX

2. SIZING THE EGRESS SYSTEM XXX

3. STAIRWAY AND RAMP DESIGN XXX

SECTION 6

DESIGNING FOR PARKING XXX

1. DESIGN CRITERIA FOR PARKING

FACILITIES XXX

2. CONFIGURING PARKING FACILITIES XXX

3. SIZING PARKING FACILITIES XXX

SECTION 7

DESIGNING WITH HEIGHT AND AREA LIMITATIONS XXX

1. CONSTRUCTION TYPES AND HEIGHT AND AREA LIMITATIONS XXX

2. HEIGHT AND AREA TABLES XXX

APPENDIX A

EXAMPLE USE OF THIS BOOK XXX

APPENDIX B

UNITS OF CONVERSION XXX

BIBLIOGRAPHY XXX

INDEX XXX

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