Non-Technical Design Aids - Conceptual Design Information
American Institute of Timber Construction (AITC)
Religious Structures
APA-The Engineered Wood Association
The Handy Plan Catalog
Complete listing of more than fifty indoor and outdoor panel project plans. Form Y630.
Architectural Woodwork Institute
Wood Mouldings: A Guide for Interior Architectural Design
Includes full-size moulding profiles and illustrated examples of the use of interior wood mouldings.
Guide to Wood Species
Includes color photos and information on different wood species and their characteristics as a guide for specifying.
California Redwood Association
Redwood Homes Art in Architecture
Colorful concept book showing the beauty and versatility of redwood in the home. 12 pages.
Redwood Panel A Room
Step-by-step instructions for do-it-yourselfers for interior wall paneling with redwood lumber. 4 pages.
Redwood Landscape Architecture
Illustrated booklet showing and describing redwood grades for a variety of garden applications. 8 pages.
Redwood Deck Construction
Outdoor deck construction for the do-it-yourselfer; grades, includes span tables and finishing details. 8 pages.
Southern Forest Products Association and
Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
Room Addition News
Includes 9 examples of room additions by remodeling contractors for adding creative, practical space; 31 case study photographs are displayed. 8 pages. #702.
Deck Addition News
Examples of a building trend to expand outdoor living areas by adding on to existing decks. 4 pages. #353.
Millwork Tabloid
Informative summary of interior design trends in Southern Pine moulding, door frames, stairs, flooring and other millwork applications.
Western Wood Products Association
Outdoor Space: Western Lumber Projects That Make It Work (567)
Color sketches of more than 60 outdoor projects, appropriately designed for four different styles of houses-traditional, ranch, bungalow and multi-level contemporary. Projects include porches, arbors, trellises, decks, entries, fences, benches and more. Builder's conceptual plans (one set per house style) can be ordered from the information on the book's back cover.
Real Wood Interiors, A Design Workbook (560)
Written for the designer and the sophisticated do-it-yourselfer, contains sections on color, texture and pattern, and on finishes.
The WWPA Guide to Real Wood Interiors (561)
A complete do-it-yourselfer book devoted to interior wood paneling, covers everything from material selection through finishing touches.
The Breathing Room Book (566)
An idea book with color illustrations of architect-designed storage projects which create living space. Projects use pine and other Western softwoods to build a little breathing room into homes.
