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Building Types & Standards

Architectural Graphic Standards
- List of books for various graphic standards for architecture.
Building Type Basics series
- Recreational, senior living, performing arts, justice, healthcare, laboratories and others.
- Each provides information on spatial and building requirements.
Time Saver Standards for Building Types
- Includes planning guidelines, criteria and standards for a large range of building types.
- Covers program and square footage requirements as well as sample space planning configurations.

Building structures

Buildings may be known by more than one name. The same is true for architects or architectural firms. Try variations.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals This link opens in a new window
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals contains journal articles on architecture since 1934, covering the history and practice of architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, historic preservation and interior design and decoration.

Maps

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 This link opens in a new window
660,000+ lg-scale maps of 12,000+ American towns, cities. Outlines of ea bldg, size, shape & construction materials, heights & function of structures, window & door locations. Street names, widths, property boundaries. Incl house & block # Construction details often on plans, shading indicates bldg materials. Info on bldg use is given, ie symbols for stable, garage & warehouse plus names of owners of factories & factory output given. Notes pipelines, railroads, wells, dumps etc.
SimplyAnalytics (formerly SimplyMap) This link opens in a new window
SimplyMap is a web-based mapping application with a user-friendly interface that permits users to quickly and easily create professional-quality thematic maps and reports using thousands of demographic, business, and marketing variables. Demographic Variables: population, age, race, income, ancestry, marital status, housing, employment, transportation, families, and more

Business Variables: detailed consumer expenditure, business & employee counts by industry (by NAICS Code), Consumer Price Index, quality of life & consumer profiles, and market segments

2000 census data is available along with current year estimates and 5 year projections. Data is available by census block-groups, census tracts, ZIP codes, cities, counties, states, and the entire United States.