Book Description
Get a realisitic guide to producing construction documents that clearly communicate the interior space of new construction, remodeling, or installation projects with Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors. This highly visual book:

includes such details as furniture, finishes, lighting, and others. features authors drawings as well as those from practicing professionals. covers drafting fundamentals and conventions; drawing types, plans, and schedules; and computer-aided design. addresses graphic language as a communication tool. details the process of creating construction documents, the use of computers, and various reproduction systems and standards. includes examples of both residential and commercial interiors. is an essential reference for NCIDQ examination.

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Book Info
Guide for producing construction documents clearly communicating the interior space of a new construction, remodeling, or installation project. Includes furniture, finishes, and lighting details. Offers coverage on drafting fundamentals and conventions; drawing types, plans, and schedules; and computer-aided design. DLC: Building--Details--Drawings. Softcover.


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The interior designer’s essential guidebook to developing construction documents Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors offers a complete guide to producing construction documents that clearly communicate the interior space of new construction, remodeling, or installation projects, including such details as furniture, finishes, lighting, and others. In a highly visual format, complete with the authors’ drawings as well as those from practicing professionals, this book offers enlightening coverage on drafting fundamentals and conventions; drawing types, plans, and schedules; and computer-aided design. Part 1 Discusses graphic language as a communication tool in design and architecture. Material here addresses drafting equipment, drawing and drafting fundamentals, and multiview and singleview drawing classification systems. Part 2 Details the process of creating construction documents, the use of computers, and various reproduction systems and standards. Overall concepts and document organization are addressed, and examples include both residential and commercial interiors. Drawings and details throughout this versatile book represent a variety of geographical locations from around the world and conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act and other related requirements. Construction Drawings and Details for Interiors is an important basic reference for students as well as professionals studying for the NCIDQ exam.


About the Author
W. OTIE KILMER, AIA, is an associate professor of interior design at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and has taught drawing and design for more than twenty years.

ROSEMARY KILMER, ASID, IDEC, is an associate professor of interior design at Purdue University. During her career, she has served on the board of directors for the NCIDQ.
The Kilmers head their own design practice, Kilmer and Associates, an architectural and interior design firm.

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