Simple Rules: Building Elements: Simple Design Rules for Architects & Builders, #2

By Shannon Scarlett

Unlock the Secrets of Timeless Building Design...

Dive into 'Simple Rules Volume II: Building Elements', the second volume of the acclaimed 'Simple Rules for Architects & Builders' series. A treasure trove of timeless composition rules, proportional systems, and practical formulas, simplifying complex design concepts, making them accessible and applicable across various styles and regions.

Drawing inspiration from 18th to 20th-century architectural guides, this compact guide filled with historical insights and modern strategies for building design, bridges traditional principles with contemporary practice.

Packed with invaluable tips for builders who prioritize aesthetics as much as practicality. And an ideal resource for anyone passionate about building design, from professional architects and designers to students and enthusiasts.

Beautifully illustrated, practical, adaptable design principles and insightful rules on window proportions, the distribution of light, chimney placement, and the art of staircase design, are just a few examples of the wisdom this book offers to elevate your architectural knowledge.

Embrace the elegance of the past as a spark for the innovations of the future. Elevate your architectural projects and create spaces that are not just structures, but enduring works of art.

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Preview of new rules:

WINDOW PROPORTIONS
"Rules of aesthetics state: proper proportions of an opening height may be twice its width, 2:1 or height may be equal to the diagonal of the square of the smaller side, √2: 1 or height may be equal to its width, in a ratio of Φ: 1."

LIGHT EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED
"A room is always more cheerful when light is admitted at both ends"

CHIMNEYS
"And in point of external effect, it is much more pleasing to see the chimney tops rising from the apex, or highest part of the roof, than from its lowest edge."

STAIRS
"the staircase must occupy exactly that position in which it can be made an ornament and a pleasing feature in the room, all of which it is quite capable of being, and a position in which it does not detract from the cosiness, or give any unpleasant feeling of draughtiness, or too great openness"

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shannon Scarlett
• Release date: Nov 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781949580013

Shannon Scarlett

Shannon Scarlett is a registered architect, with an established Boston area architectural practice. For over twenty-five years she has worked directly with residential clients to create elegant personalized homes. She works to resolve issues of aesthetics, flexibility and functionality of existing and new built space, to improve environmental sustainability while also enhancing community participation. But she's also been frustrated that she can't help a broader group of homeowners. She began writing ten years ago, as a way of working through her own confusion about why residential architecture has lost the vitality it used to have. She has begun to share in her books some of what her research revealed. As an architectural history buff, Shannon’s knowledge of art history serves as a primary source of inspiration for her work—guiding the architectural experience through material expression, psychological effects of spatial composition and even subtle building symbolism.

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