Building Planning and Drawing

Drawing is the language of Engineers and Architects. Building Planning and Drawing is the foundation subject for Civil Engineering students. In this Eighth Revised Edition each topic of the text-book has been arranged in such a way that reader is empowered with an in-depth knowledge in the subject of Building Planning and Drawing.

The entire subject is canvassed in the chapters like: Fundamentals of Building Drawing; Fundamentals of Buildings; Site Selection for Residential Buildings; Climate and Its Influence on Building Planning; Orientation of Buildings; Principles of Planning Of Buildings; Building Bye-Laws; Planning of Residential Buildings; Planning of Public Buildings; Different Methods of Construction; Prefabricated Construction; Economical Measures in Building Construction; Green Buildings; Anthropometric Studies; Intelligent Buildings; Construction Management Techniques; Basic Concepts of the Building Elements; Nomenclature of Building Planning and Construction; Standard Guidelines for Building Drawing; Guidelines for Planning and Drawing of Residential Building; Drafting Materials and their Utilization; Conventional Signs and B.I.S. Code Colours; A Few Facts of the Vaastu Sastra; Perspective Drawings; Computer Aided Building Drawings; Typical Building Drawings; Question Bank. The Appendix gives University Examination Questions