As DATELINE explores sports, recreational and educational facilities this month, nothing is a more fitting book selection than Building Type Basics series. Founder and editor Stephen A. Klimlent describes the series as a “concise, practical guide for today’s design professional.” Another more colorful description comes from one book’s preface, describing it as “not a coffee-table book lavish with color photography but meager in usable context. Instead, it contains hands-on information that architects, their clients and consultants require in their work, especially in the crucial early phases of a project when it really counts.” Each book in the series begins by asking and answering 20 questions that usually arise in the early phases of a project commission. Answers are given in a convenient easy to use format and each book in the series also provides photographs, diagrams, floor plans and guidelines.
These books are a conveniently organized quick reference package and are an invaluable guide for busy, dedicated professionals who want to get moving quickly as they embark on a new project. The authoritative, up-to-date information will save architects countless hours of research.
BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACILITIES covers topics from isolated bucolic environments to large urban environments. It includes many building types such as dormitories, classrooms and research facilities. The book also addresses a broad scope of essential issues concerning campus architecture, including sweeping changes such as distance learning facilities, technology-driven research laboratories, and electronically enhanced dormitories.
Table of Contents Sampling: Campus Planning, The New University and Sustainability: Recent Case Studies, Libraries/Learning Centers, Academic Buildings and Professional Schools, Science Teaching and Research Facilities, Housing, Athletics and Recreation Facilities, Social and Support Facilities, Cultural Centers
Item # 3314
Member Price $70.00
Non-Member Price $75.00
BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS is a one-stop source for the essential information architects need to jump-start the design process. Leading architects from across the United States share their knowledge and expertise on all aspects of elementary and secondary school design. The book provides critical information on the process, potential problems, design concerns and recent trends in school design, along with complete coverage of energy issues and mechanical systems, structural concerns and acoustic control, lighting, internal traffic, security and much more.
Table of Contents Sampling: Predesign, Circulation, Design Concerns and Process, Site Planning Codes, Energy and Environmental Issues, Structural Systems, Mechanical Systems, Electrical/Communications Systems, Technology and Special Equipment, Materials, Acoustic Control, Lighting Design, Interiors Issues, Wayfinding, Renovation, International Design Opportunities, Operation and Maintenance, Cost Issues, Financing
Item # 5101
Member Price $70.00
Non-Member Price $75.00
BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR MUSEUMS has the essential information you need to initiate designs for art, science and natural history museums, ethnic art and cultural centers, youth museums and more. Filled with project photographs, diagrams, floor plans, sections and details, it combines in-depth coverage of the structural, mechanical, acoustic, traffic and safety issues, which are unique to museums and cultural facilities with the nuts-and-bolts design guidelines that will start any project off on the right track and keep it there through completion.
Table of Contents Sampling: Art Museums, History Museums, Children’s and Youth Museums, Science and Natural History Museums, Specialized Museums and Galleries, Technical Notes
Item # 5102
Member Price $70.00
Non-Member Price $75.00
BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR PERFORMING ART FACILITIES provides an accessible guide to the essentials of designing these specialized environments — including the underlying issues of financing, feasibility, and the diverse roles of the design and construction team, sponsor, banks, impresario and manager. Complete with a wealth of descriptive floor plans, diagrams, photographs and case studies, it features need-to-know information on design including such technical topics as lighting, acoustics and materials.
Table of Contents Sampling: Planning the Theater, A Place Designed for Performance, An Auditorium and Stage Design Guide, Stage Design: Technology and Flexibility, Backstage Planning, Incorporating Building Codes, Principles of Acoustic Design, Flexibility in Acoustic Design, Lighting Public Spaces, Bringing the New to Old Theaters, Organization: Process and Team, The Business and Art of Theater Management
Item # 5088
Member Price $70.00
Non-Member Price $75.00
BUILDING TYPE BASICS FOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES can serve as your guide through the basics of programming, designing and planning many types of recreational facilities including golf and country clubhouses, tennis, aquatic, skiing and equestrian support facilities and spas and fitness centers.
This book also highlights methods to tackle the practical challenges architects, engineers and consultants face in creating attractive and financially viable and wide variety of leisure facilities.
Table of Contents Sampling:
PART I: RECREATIONAL SPORTS FACILITIES — Golf, Aquatics, Boating, Handball, Racquetball, Squash, and Indoor Tennis, Skiing and Winter Sports, Equestrian Facilities, Extreme Action Sports
PART II: FITNESS AND SPA FACILITIES — Fitness and Wellness, Spa and Salon
PART III: ENRICHMENT AND DINING — Lifelong Learning and Enrichment, Dining
PART IV: FEASIBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY — Feasibility: Ralph Stewart Bowden, Sustainable Design: Mark A. Diedrich, Appendix: Amenity Facility Program Outline
Item # 5090
Member Price $70.00
Non-Member Price $75.00
Contact Patricia Carpio at pcarpio@dbia.org with questions or comments regarding the titles listed or any others that can assist your design-build professional development. Visit the DBIA online bookstore.