For over sixty years, a primary source for design of steel structures -- now revised and updated.

Examining a wide range of steel structures, building types, and construction details, Simplified Design of Steel Structures, Eighth Edition is a reliable, easy-to-use handbook that covers all commonly used steel systems, practices, and research in the field, reinforced with examples of practical designs and general building structural systems.

The Eighth Edition of this leading book in the noted Parker/Ambrose Series of Simplified Design Guides has been updated to conform to...

This design guide aims to offer a more accessible product for students and young professional architects with a limited budget. It looks at the technical aspects of building lighting and provides an overview for architects and others with limited technical/engineering backgrounds. It covers typical components and design of uncomplicated systems for building lighting, including both the illumination and the perception aspects of the design process. A broad spectrum of calculation methods and their appropriate application are discussed along with drawing conventions that bridge the gap among...

This is a practical introduction to the issues and problems encountered in designing buildings which can withstand the forces of natural disasters. The text includes important updates from the 1994 Universal Building Code as well as more detailed information on engineering computations and lateral force construction. Increased attention is given to the relationship between building design and seismic response, and a discussion of the most recent CAD products for lateral design work is discussed.