DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SPACE PLANNING, REVISED AND UPDATED WITH THE LATEST INTERIOR DESIGN TECHNIQUES, EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS, AND SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONSSpace Planning Basics approaches space planning in a way that ensures all considerations are met, from preliminary floor plans, to client programming needs, to how factors such as building codes and environmental factors affect a spatial composition, to sustainability. With step-by-step methodology b...

A visual, real-world guide to professional lighting designLighting Design Basics is the essential guide to this basic, but difficult-to-master aspect of interior design. Offering fundamental concepts and prescriptive techniques in a highly visual format, this book provides clear, practical guidance on utilizing the latest in lighting techniques and technology to showcase a space without sacrificing utility. Covering more than 25 different design scenarios ...

HEALTHCARE DESIGN BASICSAn approachable and robust treatment of designing and planning spaces for use in healthcare settingsIn Healthcare Design Basics, a team of distinguished interior architecture practitioners and educators delivers an up-to-date text covering the critical aspects of healthcare design, preparing students for a specialty rapidly growing in importance and size. The book adopts an approach designed to crystalize th...

An accessible, climate-diverse guide that transforms readers from sustainable design novices to whole-solution problem solvers.Sustainable Design Basics is a student-friendly introduction to a holistic and integral view of sustainable design. Comprehensive in scope, this textbook presents basic technical information, sustainability strategies, and a practical, step-by-step approach for sustainable building projects. Clear and relatable chapters illustrate ...

Conquer the complexity of interior design with a logical, methodical approachSpace Planning Basics is a definitive introduction and principle resource for thousands of designers. With step-by-step methodology based on the author’s several decades of design experience, this authoritative guide has become the de facto reference for an entire generation of designers. This updated fourth edition includes digitized drawings, diagrams, and matrices throughout, a...