Interior Graphic Standards

The first edition Interior Graphic Standards Student Edition will be a comprehensive reference to the art and craft of interior design for students. The planning, designing, detailing, finishing, and decorating of interiors from the programming to the project closeout phases will be included. Emphasis will be placed on commercial interiors.

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The New Cottage Home: A Tour of Unique American Dwellings

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The New Cottage Home taps into today’s move toward lifestyle simplicity and the idea that living space should be rich in details, conservative of resources, and no larger than necessary. Jim Tolpin celebrates the diversity and charm of 30 sample cottages, from a Pacific Northwest cottage modeled after a French hunting lodge to a “salvage yard vernacular cottage” built with junkyard materials.Each featured home reflects individual personality, priorities, and lifestyle. Whether by the water, on a

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Karen Lindblad says:

July 25, 2011 at 11:17 pm

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

Accessible and Attractive Resource, July 10, 2003

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This review is from: Interior Graphic Standards (Hardcover)

IGS is an impressive source of information that is so comprehensive, it is mind-boggling. The graphics are topnotch: well-labeled and executed in a superior fashion. The reader is nearly drawn through the text on visuals alone. I have found myself spending hours looking through topics that aren’t even apropos to what I am looking for at the moment. Equally impressive is the text. The captions and subheadings help the reader locate information easily, and the writing is succinct, precise, and informative. It is prose that informs clearly and without excess verbiage–an absolute pleasure to read. Even the layperson can access information without being overwhelmed: terms are defined simply, but the explanations following address codification considerations that every architect needs to know. IGS provides both guidance and inspiration. Truthfully, I even like the cover; a reference book that looks as good as a coffee table display book is a rare commodity. I highly recomend McGowan and Kruse’s latest collaboration.

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S. Hardiman "SuZEN" says:

July 25, 2011 at 11:40 pm

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

Comprehensive and Detailed, July 21, 2003

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Karen Lindblad (Chicago, IL) –

This review is from: Interior Graphic Standards (Hardcover)

Interior Graphic Standards is a comprehensive reference tool which covers all aspects of commercial interiors projects. The information is presented in a clear, concise manner, and is organized for easy reference. The book focuses on interior architecture as well as interior design, providing detailed information for programming/schematic design through construction phases.

The construction details and associated text provide credible options for the integration of construction and finish materials into interior spaces. The notes and sidebar comments add valuable information to the images and tables.

IGS covers many topics not typically included in interiors reference books. Issues of life safety, detailed interior construction, specialty construction, and basic MEP systems are clearly described. The description and graphics describing interior materials testing are very informative, as are the sections on doors and hardware.

This book is appropriate for entry-level or seasoned professionals, and is valuable for architects as well as interior designers!

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Anonymous says:

July 25, 2011 at 11:58 pm

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

Most Comprehensive and Remarkable Book for the Industry, July 28, 2003

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S. Hardiman “SuZEN” (Boston, MA USA) –

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This book is a remarkable achievement, from cover to cover! A must buy for anyone in the industry (or anyone interested in the industry)!!!

I have been a practicing Interior Designer for twenty two years and
I have yet to see anything as comprehensive and remarkable as this book! Even the Architectural Graphic Standards book pales by comparison!

There is a section on Wood Veneers and Flooring with (12) pages of beatiful and informative color plates! There is even a Color Theory (color plate) section that is very useful!

There is so much useful information and reference in this book, that any Designer or Architect should have it close by and keep a watchful eye on it, so that colleagues do not borrow it indefinitely!!

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"raeroo" says:

July 26, 2011 at 12:30 am

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A young couples hopes and dreams, November 25, 1999

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This review is from: The New Cottage Home: A Tour of Unique American Dwellings (Hardcover)

Browsing through a big name book store one day, I happened upon “The New Cottage Home”. I’m not sure why I picked it up because having a home of our own is so far into the future for my husband and I, that I try not to tease myself and in turn not think about it. But I flipped through the book anyway and fell in love with it almost immediatly! We rushed home knowing that Amazon would be cheaper and ordered it that same day. I was amazed at all the tricky, unique architecture ideas and styles. It is filled with easy-to-understand language and descriptions. I also found it refreshing that Mr. Tolpin wrote like he was speaking to you as if in conversation and not at a college lecture. He covers many different home styles and addresses the importance of the use of indiginous materials to tie the look of your home to your surroundings. I like how he stresses trying to make your home look as if it “grew” where you built it and has been there forever. Along with little pieces of history used as teaching tools he also describes many of the homes attributes from an artistic point-of-view(ie. the use of vertical windows ties in with the tall pines surrounding the home, hiding the garage from frontal view of the home and focusing on the “human sized entry way” makes a person feel welcome and curious to step into the cozyness of your home etc…). I like how he included tight- budget homes reliant on alternative sources of energy all the way to the retiring couple who needed less space but were financially ready to spend half a billion but knew they didn’t need or have to. In conclusion, I would recommend this book for anyone interested in building, dreaming(!) or looking for decorating ideas that really work. A definate must-have!

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Anonymous says:

July 26, 2011 at 12:53 am

54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

Cottage style with 20th century appreciation of space., August 12, 1998

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New Cottage Home took me to some of the homes I knew I was always meant to live in. There’s a wonderful section of the history of the cottage style, and what design details create that warm feeling when we see such a home. Modern cottages are meant to retain the structural and detail essentials of the older cottages but to allow more interior open space due to modern materials and construction methods. Most of the book is given over to examples, with the architects names and addresses listed (very useful!). Some of the examples did not stick to the “cottage essentials” in my mind, but the rest were so charming it made up for it. I hope more architects see this book and take up the challenge of designing the small, detail-oriented home that singles and empty nesters would be proud to live in. I’m already imagining my cottage garden.

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Anonymous says:

July 26, 2011 at 1:15 am

47 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

The New Cottage Home, March 13, 2000

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This outstanding book offers a bounty of gorgeous four-color photos and descriptive “plank and nail” text explaining the design and construction of each cottage. I’ve referred to this book countless times while brainstorming my own cottage design. Each time I open the book, I find another detail that I hadn’t seen previously. The New Cottage Home offers an elequent objection to the bland, overbuilt, pretentious developer homes that increasingly blight America’s landscape.

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