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Expanded Contents
Chapter 3
Preparing for a Career in Architecture . . 49
Careers in Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Architect • Architectural Drafter •
Architectural Illustrator • Specifi cations
Writer • Estimator • Surveyor • Teaching
Architectural Drafting • Architectural
Engineer • Construction Technologist •
Residential Building Designer • Interior
Designer
Entrepreneurship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Buying an Existing Business • Buying
a Franchise • Starting a New Business
Employability Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Job-Seeking Skills • Workplace Skills •
Strategies for Promotion • Leaving a Job
Chapter 4
Drawing Instruments and Technical
Sketching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Multiview Drawings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Plan Views • Elevations • Sections
Manual Drafting Equipment . . . . . . . . . 72
Pencils • Erasers • Erasing Shields •
Paper • Drawing Boards • T-Square •
Triangles • Protractors • Scales •
Dividers • Compass • Lettering Guides •
Irregular and Flexible Curves • Technical
Pens • Templates • Maintaining and
Storing Manual Drafting Equipment
Technical Sketching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Sketching Technique • Sketching Straight
Lines • Sketching Circles and Arcs •
Sketching Ellipses • Sketching Irregular
Curves • Proportion in Sketching
Lines Used in Architectural Drawing . . . 86
Border Lines • Object Lines • Hidden
Lines • Dimension Lines • Extension
Lines • Centerlines • Long and Short
Break Lines • Cutting-Plane Lines •
Section Lines • Guidelines • Construction
Lines • Line Type Application
Architectural Lettering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Developing a Lettering Style • Letter
Spacing • Word Spacing • Letter Size
Section 1
Architectural Drafting Fundamentals
Chapter 1
Architectural Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Traditional Architectural Styles . . . . . . . . 3
Native American Houses • American
Colonial Houses • Romantic Styles •
Victorian Styles • Period Home Styles
Styles of the 20th Century . . . . . . . . . . 18
Craftsman Period • Prairie • Art Deco •
Art Moderne • International • Ranch •
Postmodern • Neomodern
Residential Architecture Today . . . . . . . 24
Multifamily Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cooperative • Condominium •
Townhouse • Apartment
Trends in Architecture . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sustainable Housing
Chapter 2
Basic House Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
One-Story Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
One-and-One-Half-Story Designs . . . . . . 37
Two-Story Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Split-Level Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Four-Level Split Design • Three-Level
Split Design • Split-Entry Design •
Split-Level Layouts
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