Architect's preoccupations include a huge amount of detail: weights, tolerances and resistances, sizes and specifications, acoustic protection, properties, and so on. How can a busy professional keep all this information in mind?The Architect's Handbook 2 is an easy-to-use, exhaustive reference book packed with facts: conversion tables, legal standards, technical specs, material properties, rules of thumb and much more; putting all the information at the architect's fingertips, anytime, any place. It includes detailed plans, drawings and sketches, and 80 charts full of useful references and technical information.