Time Saver Standards for Architectural Design, Technical Data forProfessional Practice, 8th Revised edition--------------------------------------------------Since its release in 1946, this has been one of the most widely recognizedand respected resources for architects, engineers, and designers, bringingtogether the knowledge, techniques, and skills of some of the mostwell-known experts in the field. The new Eighth Edition takes a fresh,visual approach to the information architects need to access quickly,helping them save time and money by assuring they get it right thefirst time. Readers will find timely, new chapters on building security,natural disaster mitigation, building diagnostics, facility management,and much more. The accompanying CD-ROM contains the complete contentsof the Eighth Edition.--------------------------------------------------Author Biography: Donald Watson, FAIA, NCARB, is an architect in privatepractice. He is former Dean and Professor of Architecture at RensselaerPolytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (1990-2000) and former VisitingProfessor at Yale School of Architecture and Chair of Yale's Masterof Environmental Design Program (1970-1990). He has received the 2002ASCA Distinguished Professor Award and a AIA Educational Honors Award(1997). His architectural work has received national and internationaldesign awards. His books include Designing and Building a Solar House(Garden Way, 1977), and Climatic Building Design, co-authored withKenneth Labs (McGraw-Hill, 1983), recipient of the 1984 Best Book inArchitecture and Planning Award from the American Publishers Association.He is editor-in-chief of Time-Saver Standards for Building Materialsand Systems (2000) and Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (2003).Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D. is active in architectural journalism,research, teaching, and practice. He received his Doctor of Philosophyin Architecture from Catholic University. He has previously servedas technical editor for Architecture and Progressive Architecture magazinesand is a former contributing editor to Construction Specifier. Heis a licensed architect and a senior associate at Steven Winter Associates,a building systems research and consulting firm in Norwalk, Connecticut,and the editor-in-chief of Faith & Form magazine. Dr. Crosbie haswon several journalism awards. He is the author of more than a dozenbooks on architectural subjects and several hundred articles that haveappeared in publications such as Architectural Record, Architecture,Collier's Encyclopedia Yearbook, Construction Specifier, Fine Homebuilding,Historic Preservation, Landscape Architecture, Progressive Architecture,and Wiley's Encyclopedia of Architecture, Design, Engineering & Construction.He has been a visiting lecturer/critic at University of Pennsylvania,Columbia University, University of California, Berkeley, Universityof Wisconsin/Milwaukee, Yale School of Architecture, and the MoscowArchitectural Institute and is adjunct professor of architecture atthe Roger Williams University School of Architecture.