Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design - Hardcover

Kicklighter Ed D, Clois E; Thomas, W Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1631263153 ISBN 13: 9781631263156

Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher, 2016

Synopsis

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design provides comprehensive instruction on traditional and computer-based methods of preparing architectural working drawings, as well as coverage of design and construction principles and methods. It is organized around the design-building process, a logical way for students to easily learn. It is intended to help build the necessary technical skills to communicate architectural ideas in an understandable, efficient, and accurate manner.

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design covers all phases of architectural drafting and design. In addition to providing information on architectural drafting, design, and construction, the text includes excellent coverage of computer-aided drafting and design (CADD), 3D parametric modeling applications, and building information modeling (BIM).

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About the Author

During his career, Dr. Clois E. Kicklighter was a nationally known educator and the author of several books in the fields of architecture, drafting, and construction technology. He held a variety of industrial, teaching, and administrative positions and retired as dean and professor at the School of Technology at Indiana State University. He held the highest leadership positions in the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT). Dr. Kicklighter was awarded the respected Charles Keith Medal for exceptional leadership in the technology profession.

Dr. Kicklighter's published textbooks include Drafting & Design: Engineering Drawing Using Manual and CAD Techniques; Modern Masonry: Brick, Block, and Stone; Residential Housing and Interiors; Upholstery Fundamentals; and Modern Woodworking.

W. Scott Thomas is an instructor of architectural design drafting for the Signature Architecture Program at Shadow Ridge High School, Dysart Unified School District, in Surprise, Arizona. Scott teaches residential and commercial architectural design, structural steel detailing/modeling, civil drafting, and GIS technology.

Scott has been a secondary and postsecondary educator for 25 years and is the owner and principal building designer of Thomas Design Associates, LLC. Scott also does extensive work with the Arizona Department of Education's CTE Division as a member of numerous architectural design drafting curriculum development and guidelines committees. During his teaching career, Scott has had national champions in architectural drafting competitions at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in 2012 and 2014 (with Shadow Ridge High School) and in 2005 (with Northwest Education Center in Phoenix, Arizona). In 2015, the Signature Architecture Program at Shadow Ridge High School was named the Outstanding Technical Education Program by the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE). In 2016, the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) awarded Scott with the Teacher Excellence award and the Signature Architecture Program with the Program Excellence award.

Scott's educational background includes a master's degree in career and technical education and a bachelor's degree in education from Northern Arizona University. He is a master certified career and technical educator (MCCTE) with the Association for Skilled and Technical Sciences (ASTS) and is a Director Emeritus of the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA).

Joan C. Kicklighter is the coauthor of Residential Housing and Interiors, Upholstery Fundamentals, and instructional materials in family and consumer sciences. She has taught classes in business and family and consumer sciences at the high school and adult levels. Mrs. Kicklighter's educational background includes a baccalaureate degree from Indiana State University and graduate work at Eastern Michigan University. She is certified in Family and Consumer Sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1631263153
• ISBN 13: 9781631263156
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 960