Building Construction Illustrated.

CHING, Francis D.K.

$1,600.00

Item Number: 127010

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.

First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To John Rogers 3/2015 Francis D.K. Ching.” In very good condition.

Building Construction Illustrated is a practical introduction to the basic principles of building construction that illustrates how a building goes together, describes its major physical components and presents the material options available to the designer and builder and the factors to be considered in their selection. The author, Francis D.K. Ching, taught at the School of Architecture at Ohio University and is currently Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington.