Time-Saver Standards for Housing and Residential Development

General Planning and Neighborhood Organization. Site Considerations and Site Planning. Subdivisions and Land Planning. Community Facilities. Types of Single-Family Houses. Types of Apartment Buildings. Types of Apartments. Special Types of Housing. Mobile Homes and Parks. Elements of the Dwelling Unit. Apartment Building Amenities. Rehabilitation, Conversions, and Historic Preservation. Housing Controls.

A comprehensive one-volume library of architectural design data for housing and residential development

Incorporating many recent changes and new developments in the planning and design of single-family dwellings, apartments, housing complexes, and neighborhoods, the second edition of this authoritative volume in McGraw-Hill's acclaimed Time-Saver Standards series continues to offer design professionals access to a unique data bank of design standards and criteria for creating more functional and livable environments.

In superb graphic detail - with hundreds of plans, illustrations, and diagrams - this comprehensive one-volume resource presents an antire library's worth of essential architectural design information for all types of housing and residential development.

For innovative ideas in kitchen and bathroom planning...current concepts in site planning and subdivision layout...comprehensive data for housing design...requirements for playgrounds and community facilities...current concepts on apartment and site security...and much more - here is the one definitive sourcebook that design and allied professionals can rely on for fast, dependable answers to virtually any questions that relate to housing design or residential development.