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Chapter 3
Preparing for a Career in Architecture ....67
Careers in Architecture ................................67
Architect
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Architectural Drafter
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Architectural Illustrator
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Specifi cations
Writer
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Estimator
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Surveyor
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Teaching
Architectural Drafting
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Architectural
Engineer
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Construction Technologist
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Residential Building Designer
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Interior
Designer
Entrepreneurship ..........................................75
Buying an Existing Business
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Buying a
Franchise
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Starting a New Business
Employability Skills ......................................78
Job-Seeking Skills
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Workplace Skills
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Strategies for Promotion
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Leaving a Job
Chapter 4
Drawing Instruments and
Technical Sketching ...............................87
Multiview Drawings ......................................88
Plan Views
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Elevations
Manual Drafting Equipment ........................90
Pencils
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Erasers
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Erasing Shields
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Paper
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Drawing Boards
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T-Square
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Triangles
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Protractors
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Scales
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Dividers
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Compass
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Lettering Guides
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Irregular
and Flexible Curves
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Technical Pens
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Templates
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Maintaining and Storing
Manual Drafting Equipment
Technical Sketching ...................................100
Sketching Technique
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Sketching Straight
Lines
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Sketching Circles and Arcs
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Sketching Ellipses
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Sketching Irregular
Curves
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Proportion in Sketching
Lines Used in Architectural Drawing ........104
Border Lines
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Object Lines
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Hidden
Lines
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Dimension Lines
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Extension
Lines
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Centerlines
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Long and Short
Break Lines
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Cutting-Plane Lines
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Section Lines
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Guidelines
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Construction
Lines
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Line Type Application
Architectural Lettering ...............................108
Developing a Lettering Style
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Letter
Spacing
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Word Spacing
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Letter Size
SECTION 1
Architectural Drafting
Fundamentals
Chapter 1
Architectural Styles ...................................21
Traditional Architectural Styles ...................21
Native American Houses
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American
Colonial Houses
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Romantic Styles
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Victorian Styles
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Period Home Styles
Styles of the 20th Century ...........................35
Craftsman Period
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Prairie
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Art Deco
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Art Moderne
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International
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Ranch
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Postmodern
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Neomodern
Residential Architecture Today ....................41
Multifamily Housing ....................................42
Cooperative
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Condominium
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Townhouse
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Apartment
Trends in Architecture ..................................46
Chapter 2
Basic House Designs .................................51
One-Story Designs ........................................51
One-and-One-Half-Story Designs ................55
Two-Story Designs ........................................58
Split-Level Designs .......................................60
Four-Level Split Design
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Three-Level
Split Design
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Split-Entry Design
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Split-Level Layouts
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