Architect's Pocket Book

This handy pocket book brings together a wealth of useful information that architects need on a daily basis on-site or in the studio. It provides clear guidance and invaluable detail on a wide range of issues, from planning policy through environmental design to complying with Building Regulations, from structural and services matters to materials characteristics and detailing. This fifth edition includes the updating of regulations, standards and sources across a wide range of topics. Compact and easy to use, the Architects Pocket Book has sold well over 90,000 copies to the nations architects, architecture students, designers and construction professionals who do not have an architectural background but need to understand the basics, fast. This is the famous little blue book that you cant afford to be without.