The companion student exercise guide to the classic book on building construction

Fundamentals of Building Construction, Seventh Edition, involves students in the types of everyday issues faced by professional building architects. Exercises in Building Construction, Seventh Edition, offers students a hands-on way to apply material learned in the core book. The Exercises book is designed to help gain and retain the needed knowledge of the broad, diverse, complex, and constantly changing materials and methods of building construction.

The newest edition of Exercises in Building Construction presents an integrated approach to the topic that interweaves issues of building science, material properties, building craft, and legal constraints. The authors bring together in one volume the elements of building construction as a whole system rather than in disconnected parts. The revised seventh edition offers online resources for students and instructors and provides an expert guide from the industry's leading authorial team. The updated seventh edition features:

• Forty-nine real world construction problems
• Clear instructions for each exercise
• Informative, concise illustrations
• Ample space to work out answers

Written for students of architecture, engineering, or construction, the seventh edition of Exercised in Building Construction is the essential study guide for applying the knowledge acquired from the core book.

About the Author

Edward Allen, FAIA, has taught for more than thirty-five years as a faculty member at Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has designed more than fifty constructed buildings and is the best-selling coauthor of The Architects Studio Companion, Architectural Detailing, Form & Forces, and Fundamentals of Residential Construction.

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 the span of more than thirty years. Currently, he heads a Seattle firm that provides technical and quality management consulting to architects and others in the design and construction industry.

Book Information
ISBN 9781119597278
Author Edward Allen
Format Paperback
Page Count 176
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 272mm * 213mm * 10mm