Pinpointing exactly what’s new in the 12th edition could take years, given the sheer amount of content, but one change is clear: its overall organization. I hefted a copy of the latest book to several designers at firms in my hometown of Chicago. But with the ability to search and download the same details in multiple, editable formats (DWG, DGN, and DXF) through the AGS website, why would anyone opt to purchase the hard copy? Yes, buying it will earn you a one-time, 30 percent discount off the website’s subscription cost of $139 per year, but you still need to shell out $250 first. With April’s release of AGS 12th edition ( John Wiley & Sons, 2016) and, more notably, its newfound companion website, Architectural Graphic Standards Online, perhaps it’s time to end the eight-decade-long run of the series of tomes that has helped define drafting culture.Ĭomprising 1,081 pages of densely packed graphics and text rendered in a font that is borderline too small, the latest edition is slightly shorter than its predecessor yet includes 25 percent new content, according to Wiley. When the 11th edition of Architectural Graphic Standards ( AGS) was released in 2007, drafting was already part of the architectural profession’s dinosaur past, and the efficacy of a $250 book to help guide a new era of professionals into the future was questionable.
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