The Architectural Detail

The Architectural Detail is author Edward R. Ford's life's work, and this may be his most important book to date. Ford walks the reader through five widely accepted (and wildly different) definitions of detail, in an attemptto find, once and for all, the quintessential definition of detail in architecture.

• Building Construction Illustrated, 5th Edition
• Strange Details (Writing Architecture)
• Architectural Detailing: Function, Constructibility, Aesthetics, 3rd Edition
• The Architect's Studio Companion: Rules of Thumb for Preliminary Design
• Building Structures Illustrated: Patterns, Systems, and Design, 2nd Edition
• Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods
• Manual of Section
• Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings
• Operative Design: A Catalog of Spatial Verbs
• Loblolly House: Elements of a New Architecture + DVD