Manual of recommended practice for railway engineering: definitions of terms, designs and plans, specifications, economics of construction and maintenance [and] principles and practices. Complete to March 24, 1976.

Kept up-to-date by periodic replacement or new pages. The latest supplements have title: Manual for railway engineering (fixed properties)

Bicknell's village builder : elevations and plans for cottages, villas, suburban residences, farm houses ... also exterior and interior details for public and private buildings, with approved forms of contracts and specifications ... : Containing fifty-five plates drawn to scale ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Country cottages and week-end homes, by J. H. Elder-Duncan ... with numerous illustrations and plans of cottages by well-known architects.

Plates in black and white printed on both sides.

Evolution of architectural floor plans

Layout planning is a process of sizing and placing rooms (e.g. in a house) while a t t empt ing to optimize various criteria. Often the r e are conflicting c r i t e r i a such as construction cost, minimizing the distance between r e l a t ed activities, and meeting the area requirements for these activities. The process of layout planning ha s mostly been done by hand, wi th a handful of a t t empt s to automa t e the process. Thi s thesis explores some of these pa s t a t t empt s and describes several new techniques for automa t ing the layout planning process using evolutionary computation. These techniques a r e inspired by the existing methods, while adding some of the i r own innovations. Additional experimenLs are done to t e s t the possibility of allowing polygonal exteriors wi th rectilinear interior walls. Several multi-objective approaches are used to evaluate and compare fitness. The evolutionary r epr e s ent a t ion and requirements specification used provide great flexibility in problem scope and depth and is worthy of considering in future layout and design a t t empt s . The system outlined in thi s thesis is capable of evolving a variety of floor plans conforming to functional and geometric specifications. Many of the resulting plans look reasonable even when compared to a professional floor plan. Additionally polygonal and multi-floor buildings were also generated.

Domino's Pizza, Inc., Special Designs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985-1986

[Conceptual Sketch of Chairman's Suite], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with orange, blue and gray marker coloring, 12 x 24 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Domino's Pizza, Inc., Special Designs, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985-1986

[Schematic Design Drawing of Chairman's Suite Section], untitled. Red pencil drawing on black-line print, 19 x 34 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan Bank, Southfield, Michigan, 1969 (unbuilt project)

[Early Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, 12x15 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987

[Early Conceptual Sketches of Throne], untitled. Brown ink sketches on tracing paper, 12 x 23 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987

[Early Conceptual Sketches of Throne], untitled. Brown ink sketches on tracing paper, 12 x 18 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987

[Early Conceptual Sketch of Throne], untitled. Brown ink sketch on tracing paper, 12 x 19 1/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987

[Conceptual Sketches of Throne], untitled. Black and blue ink sketches on tracing paper with yellow marker coloring, 18 x 29 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987

[Schematic Design Drawing of Throne Elevation and Section], untitled. Pencil and purple pencil drawing on vellum, 21x24 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Riga Cathedral Exhibition of "The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," Riga, Latvia, 1989

[Conceptual Sketch of Floor Plan], untitled. Electrostatic print of sketch with original ink notations and signature, 11x17 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Riga Cathedral Exhibition of "The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," Riga, Latvia, 1989

[Conceptual Sketch of Floor Plan], untitled. Blue ink sketch on tracing paper, 12 x 20 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]