Kitchen Planning: Guidelines. Codes. Standards

The leading resource for student and professional kitchen designers—completely revised and updated Kitchen Planning is an essential reference for any designer working in the kitchen field containing everything a professional needs to know to design kitchens that are convenient functional and efficient and that meet the needs of today's lifestyles. Based on the National Kitchen and Bath Association's Kitchen and Bathroom Planning Guidelines and the related Access Standards this book presents the best practices developed by the Association's committee of professionals through extensive research. This Second Edition has been completely revised and redesigned throughout with new full-color photographs and illustrations and a special emphasis on client needs research and references to industry information. Features include: New and expanded information on universal design and sustainable design The 2012 edition of the NKBA Planning Guidelines with Access Standards and up-to-date applications of the 2012 International Residential Code® New information about storage cabinet construction and specifying cabinets Metric measurement equivalents included throughout A companion website with forms and teaching resources for instructors

Hardcover: 496 pages

Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (February 18 2013)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 9781118367629

ISBN-13: 978-1118367629

ASIN: 1118367626

Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds