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Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Details for Builders and Designers - Softcover

Thallon, Rob

 
9781561583539: Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Details for Builders and Designers

Synopsis

The first edition of this book was the first complete visual handbook designed for architects, builders, students and homeowners interested in woodframe house construction. This new edition contains hundreds of meticulous drawings illustrating every detail readers would ever want to know about building with wood. Well organised and clearly written, the illustrations are sharp, well annotated and drawn at precise scale so they can be easily transferred to working drawings. The complete visual handbook for woodframe construction: updated to reflect new materials, new methods and new building regulations. This book is a classic and updating it only serves to strengthen and renew it. Top author: architect and University of Oregon architecture professor Rob Thallon has been designing and building wood-frame buildings for 20 years.

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Review

"An invaluable reference for experienced designers and builders; an essential aid for beginners." Richard Meyer, National Association of Home Builders"

About the Author

Rob Thallon, architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon, is the author of the bestselling series of guides: "Graphic Guide to Frame Construction, Graphic Guide to Site Construction, and Graphic Guide to Interior Details." He has more than 30 years of experience in residential design construction and has designed many custom houses and housing complexes.

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