Traditional Details: For Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabilitation

Traditional Details: For Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabilitation is a comprehensive resource of traditional architectural details for anyone that works with older structures. This book is compiled with some of the most useful material from the first four editions of the text that was published between 1932 in 1951. This book brings back into circulation hundreds of architectural drawings and illustrations with standards that have once again become relevant to design work. Chapters included in the book cover all facets of building construction form foundations to furnishings and are structured in order to follow the drawing preparation sequence of a typical rehabilitation project

Designers, architects and others involved in renovating and rebuilding structures built in decades past will find much of the information and details used by the original builders and architects. This impeccably organized and beautifully rendered text book serves as a great reference and working tool, and makes a wonderful addition to any architecture library. 304 pages.

Traditional Details: For Building Restoration, Renovation, and Rehabilitation - Table of Contents:

• General Planning and Design Data
• Foundations and Sitework
• Masonry
• Metals
• Carpentry
• Thermal and Moisture Protection
• Doors, Windows, and Glass
• Finish Materials
• Specialties and Equipment
• Furnishings
• Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing
• Bibliography
• Index