Handbook of Detailing

1. Front Matter

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2. The End Result

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   Pages 10-28

3. The Context

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   Pages 29-41

4. Introduction

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   Pages 42-48

5. Historical Perspective

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   Pages 49-57

6. The Thrust of Detailing

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7. The Reality of Detailing

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8. Questions to Ask about Detailing

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9. The Individual Effort

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10. Review of Sample Details

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11. Discussion of Case Studies

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12. Analysis of a Detail

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    Pages 321-335

13. Details by Others

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    Pages 336-369

14. Epilogue

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15. Back Matter

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PREFACE Youdon't know; well, how do you know the line is the right In a world of rapid and ever-changingpractices,among design professionals, there is, we feel, a need to at least recall other line at all? times- times more sedate, slower paced, but nonetheless no lesshighly professional. And to bring them forward for expres­ Thus, our dilemma - of growing proportions. The further sion, understanding and use in today's professional practice. we move from mid-20th century the more we stray from the mindset, direction, execution and understanding of working Indeed, they may have been MOREprofessional. This is not drawings,and detailing ofthattime. Weseek not to regenerate whining or lamenting about times passed by persons late and reinstall those times- but we sincerely feel and strongly in their career trying desperately to hold on to that past- to suggest that there needs to be a lasting expression of those things obsolete, outmoded, archaic or snail-like slow. It is times, and the filling of the voids left by time- from then . til about being open, factual, and advisory about moving for­ now. Techniques may change, but understanding, direction, ward, in new ways, but maintaining a sense of and use of well orientation, and values from the past remain valid, impor­ proven values- basics and fundamentals so veryvital and va­ tant and of value- particularly when they were so successful. luable to the successof project, but so easilylost, too quickly.

• Construction Drawing
• Detail
• Graphics
• Handcraft
• Material
• Scale
• Sketches
• V209

• HIXSON Architects, Engineers, Interiors, Cincinnati, USA

  Ralph W. Liebing

Ralph W. Liebing, lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is the Senior Specifications Architect at Hixson, Architects-Engineers-Interior Design. He studied at the University of Cincinnati and has taught at a number of universities. His specialized work includes publications and essays on architecture such as "Construction of Architecture" und "Architectural Working Drawings, 4^th Ed." for John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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