Building Component Dimensions

[egmehl]

Hi everyone,

This is a recurring issue that I'm facing again right now. Does anyone know of a book or other reference that gives typical dimensions or guidelines for sizes of various details of a building? This only comes up when working on secondary buildings, so not something given by a client or designer. And it only needs to look plausible rather than structurally accurate - think background buildings in a city scene. I'm thinking of just rough ideas for example for floor slab thickness, mullion thickness, i-beam dimensions, spacing of parts, etc.

 

I know there will be a lot of variation from one design to another, so even just a case study sort of example would be useful. I'm imagining a book that would have maybe 5 or 6 different types of real buildings and it breaks it all apart and describes dimensions and maybe some rational and the thought that went into the placement or each part.

 

Anyone know of anything like that?

 

thanks!

[Tom Hamelrijckx]

... try Neufert Architects' data, they're considered an important reference...

[Jonathan Sanchez]

it's always good to have a handy copy of the "Architectural Graphics Standards" . Preferably an old edition as the newer ones are more "engineering" related, so the older the better.

[egmehl]

Thanks guys, I'll check out those recommendations.