Residential Kitchen and Bath Design

Zusatztext The level is good for beginning as well as more advanced students. It neither talks down or assumes prior knowledge. Informationen zum Autor Anastasia Wilkening is an adjunct instructor at International Academy of Design and Technology! Chicago! USA! in the Interior Design Department. Wilkening is a full-time kitchen and bath designer serving the Chicago area. She has won multiple design awards from the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA) Midwest Chapter's design competition. Her work has been published in Trends and Home Improvement magazines. Zusammenfassung Residential Kitchen and Bath Design provides students with a core knowledge of this interior design sub-specialty and equips them with skills they can use to create residential kitchens and baths that are both functional and beautiful. The text begins with an overview of the kitchen and bath industries! covering the designer's role at each step of the design process. It then goes on to explain functional and ergonomic considerations in the arrangement of appliances! fixtures! and storage! and provides detailed instruction on communicating designs to clients and tradespeople using floor plans! models! and other renderings. Issues related to codes! regulations! and costs are reviewed! as are the NKBA planning guidelines for space planning and drawing plans for kitchens and bathrooms. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 Overview of Kitchen and Bath DesignChapter 2 Space Planning for a Kitchen or BathChapter 3 Universal and Sustainable Designs for Kitchen and BathChapter 4 Kitchen and Bath Design: MaterialsChapter 5 Kitchen and Bath Design: CabinetryChapter 6 Kitchen and Bath Design: AppliancesChapter 7 Kitchen and Bath Design: PlumbingChapter 8 Kitchen and Bath Design Working DocumentsChapter 9 Kitchen and Bath Design: Lighting and Electrical PlansChapter 10 Project Management for Kitchen and BathAppendix: Basic Metric Conversion ChartIndex ...

Product details

• Authors: Anastasia Wilkening, Wilkening Anastasia
• Publisher: Fairchild publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2013
• EAN: 9781609011253
• ISBN: 978-1-60901-125-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 206 mm x 256 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Fairchild Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, Professional interior design, Architecture: interior design