Architect's Handbook of Construction Detailing 2nd Edition

This book is quite useful for understanding construction details and how buildings are put together. As an Architect it is essential to not only be able to design but one must be able to communicate with contractors and tradesmen through construction details.

I use this in the studio.

It's very usefull.

I bough this book for detailing reference. It explains a lot of fundamental concept on detailing but the detail collection in the book is very limited and too simple. The text is very big and the information provided is too little. It might be a good educational book but its defiantly not the book to go to when you need a quick detail for a project.

The book answer most of the construction queries such as width of joints, ironmongery terms that many architect will ask when they do detailing and on site.

The book was advertised as waterdamaged so that was expected. It's still readable and 1/3rd the cost of new.