Space Planning for Commercial and Residential Interiors

MASTER SPACE PLANNING FOR BETTER DESIGNS AND A MORE VIBRANT PRACTICE Impress clients and expand your expertise with this one-of-a-kind instructional manual and professional toolkit. Space Planning for Commercial and Residential Interiors can help you perform brilliantly on virtually any interior space-planning project. The only professional-level resource available in this field, this reference supplies all the guidance and tools you need to deliver expert results with ease. GET THE BEST FROM ANY INTERIOR SPACE: An essential underpinning for every subsequent decision in interior design, effective space planning sets the stage for successful interiors--interiors that work functionally and please aesthetically. Within these pages, you'll discover how to: * Allocate space effectively in venues from home offices to airport lounges, retail stores, and hospitals * Apply tools such as square-foot analyses and bubble and block diagrams, as well as 350 illustrations, including prototype plans and clear details, for optimum design results * Gather and employ information on human factors * Handle building-code issues * Approach technical issues regarding building systems, including building necessities such as utilities, communications, and technical and mechanical fixtures * Organize a project easily through use of dozens of handy checklists and guidelines * Score high on space-planning portions of the NCIDQ and NCARB exams * Score high on space-planning portions of the NCIDQ or NCARB exams.