BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – BUILDER DRAWINGS

DETAILS

"They don't teach Tape Measure, Level, and Hammer The Nail in schools.  It shows.  They should."  AG 2001

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Builder Drawings thrive on Details.  Details are the dotted i's and crossed t's of architecture building construction design.  It's inevitable.  There's not enough room on even the largest blueprint sized paper for all the materials, means, and messages needed to build almost anything even half-way complicated.  Recall how the Autocad Granddad, throughout this website, had to omit, omit, and omit again in order to give you a clearer view of the line drawings themselves, and of the power of Autocad 2006.  Often, details are drawn right on the master prints.  Sometimes, they are presented separately.

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CASE STUDIES

 Carpentry Plans,  Knee Brace.  It's of a knee brace obliged by a consulting engineer, for holding the second-story frame steady. 

Carpentry Plans, Ceiling Coffer.  It's a bird.  It's a plane.  It's three or four conventional Builder Drawings in one.  See an amazing drawing of the basement build out's coffer ceiling frame up close and personal.

Foundations For Residential Building Construction, Continuous Stem Wall . . . unusual  Here come the details to the Spahaus foundation.  Of themselves, they are exemplary of the kinds of detailed treatments that need to be made, in order to communicate design interests and intentions to on-site contractors.

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