{"id":5117,"date":"2011-02-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:02:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-20T22:02:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-20T16:02:39","slug":"materials-struc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/materials-struc\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials, Structures, Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> This book, also known as <em>MSS<\/em>, is an outstanding work of architecture reference. It is 264 pages of impeccably drafted architectural and design elements with a wonderfully accessible style. It is full of annotated scale drawings designed to convey as much information as possible using few words. <\/p>\n<p><em>MSS<\/em> has a depth of visual information broken up into six chapters: The &#8220;Measuring and Drawing&#8221; section includes information about drafting standards and techniques. &#8220;Proportion and Form&#8221; includes information on human scale, basic design and residential spaces. &#8220;Codes and Guidelines&#8221; is basically a code\/accessibility primer. The &#8220;Systems and Components&#8221; chapter covers a wide range of component interactions (the sections on doors, windows and stairs have been very useful to me). &#8220;Characteristics of Materials&#8221; discusses the characteristics of wood, masonry, metals and more with lots of pictures and tables. Lastly, &#8220;Compendium&#8221; is an interesting guide to historical architecture and architectural elements.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve used this book for the past two years in my side job designing theatrical scenery. Whenever I need to know how high a hand rail should be, or how deep a chair should be, this book is my first stop. If I need to know how long an average adult male&#8217;s torso is, or how high the surface of a counter should be, <em>MSS<\/em> sits right on my desk.<\/p>\n<p><em>MSS<\/em> puts an enormous amount of useful information in a small, easy to read reference book. Information is easy to find because the drawings are large and are easily spotted while skimming through its pages. I recommend it as a desktop companion for anyone who occasionally dabbles in architecture or interfaces with architects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Essential architectural reference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"0","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}