Fundamentals of Residential Construction

The new edition of the definitive guide to professional home construction, fully updated and revised

Fundamentals of Residential Construction provides clear, accurate, and accessible guidance to every step of single family and multifamily home construction, covering site preparation, project delivery methods, scheduling, foundations, framing, roofing, finishes, heating and cooling, plumbing and electrical, as well as emerging techniques such as prefabricated construction. Illustrated with more than 1,250 high-quality drawings, photographs, and photorealistic renderings throughout, this thorough textbook addresses all major construction systems: light wood frame, heavy timber, masonry, light gauge steel, steel frame, reinforced concrete construction, and outdoor structures.

The fifth edition is thoroughly revised to reflect the industry's latest methods, materials, technologies, and green building approaches, offering the most up-to-date explanations of today's residential construction systems and current building codes, including the International Residential Code (IRC) and energy codes. This edition features entirely new materials sections on metals, plastics, and composite construction as well as expanded and updated content on ventilation, air-sealing, decks, and outdoor structures.

• Provides a solid foundation in residential construction methods, tools, and processes
• Discusses the latest codes, costs, trends, and best practices in design and construction
• Offers timely coverage of sustainable building, energy efficiency, multifamily construction, prefabricated building components, CAD/BIM planning tools, and carbon-conscious construction
• Includes access to a newly updated companion website with an instructor's manual, chapter exercises, hands-on 3D interactive activities, and other supplementary resources

Fundamentals of Residential Construction, Fifth Edition, remains essential reading for anyone looking to successfully complete a residential project. It is a perfect textbook for students in architecture, construction science, construction management, and building technology, and is a valuable reference for professional builders, construction managers, and designers.

《住宅建築基礎》新版是專業家居建築的權威指南，經過全面更新和修訂。本書提供了對單戶和多戶住宅建築的每一個步驟的清晰、準確和易於理解的指導，包括場地準備、項目交付方法、進度安排、基礎、結構、屋頂、裝飾、供暖和冷卻、水暖和電氣，以及預製建築等新興技術。本書配有超過1,250張高質量的圖紙、照片和逼真的渲染圖，全面介紹了所有主要的建築系統：輕木框架、重型木材、磚石、輕鋼結構、鋼結構、鋼筋混凝土建築和室外結構。

第五版經過全面修訂，反映了行業最新的方法、材料、技術和綠色建築方法，提供了關於當今住宅建築系統和現行建築法規（包括國際住宅法規和能源法規）的最新解釋。本版新增了有關金屬、塑料和複合建築的全新材料部分，並對通風、氣密性、露台和室外結構的內容進行了擴充和更新。

本書具有以下特點：
- 提供住宅建築方法、工具和流程的扎實基礎
- 討論設計和建築中最新的法規、成本、趨勢和最佳實踐
- 及時介紹可持續建築、能源效率、多戶住宅建築、預製建築組件、CAD/BIM規劃工具和低碳建築
- 提供更新的配套網站，包括教師手冊、章節練習、實踐的3D互動活動和其他補充資源

《住宅建築基礎》第五版仍然是成功完成住宅項目的必讀之書。它是建築、建築科學、建築管理和建築技術專業學生的理想教材，也是專業建築師、建築管理人員和設計師的寶貴參考資料。

THE AUTHORS

EDWARD ALLEN taught for more than thirty-five years at Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now deceased, he designed more than fifty constructed buildings and was lead author on Fundamentals of Building Construction, Architect's Studio Companion, Architectural Detailing, and Form and Forces.

ALEXANDER C. SCHREYER is Program Director and Senior Lecturer II in the Building and Construction Technology (BCT) program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is an experienced educator and industry expert whose background combines construction, building science, and digital design. He is also the author of Architectural Design with SketchUp.

ROB THALLON is Associate Professor and Director of OregonBILDS in the School of Architecture and Environment at the University of Oregon. He is also the author of Graphic Guide to Frame Construction and Graphic Guide to Interior Details.

作者
愛德華·艾倫在耶魯大學和麻省理工學院教授了三十五年。他設計了超過五十座建築物，並擔任了建築構造基礎、建築師工作室伴侶、建築細節和形式與力量等書籍的主要作者。他已去世。
亞歷山大·C·施雷爾是麻薩諸塞州阿默斯特大學建築和建設技術（BCT）課程的計劃主任和高級講師。他是一位經驗豐富的教育家和行業專家，背景涵蓋建築、建築科學和數字設計。他還是使用SketchUp進行建築設計的作者。
羅布·塔隆是俄勒岡大學建築與環境學院的副教授，也是俄勒岡大學建築創新實驗室（OregonBILDS）的主任。他還是框架建築圖解指南和室內細節圖解指南的作者。