Designing Commercial Interiors

THE AUTHORITATIVE GUIDE TO COMMERCIAL INTERIOR DESIGN—THOROUGHLY REVISED AND EXPANDED

For over fifteen years, students and professionals alike have relied on the dependable, clarifying coverage in Designing Commercial Interiors, Third Edition. This fully updated third edition now offers more material on the industry's latest developments to improve your commercial design process, from planning to execution, so you can consistently achieve the optimal interior environment.

In addition to thorough examinations of the most common commercial facilities, this enhanced edition offers new design applications for a variety of specialized and recreational facilities. New full-color images and graphics enrich discussions on design detail and applications. New to the third edition:

• A complete overview of the most important issues impacting commercial interior design work
• New chapter on design research, including research methodologies, problem solving, and evidence-based design
• Revised project management chapter, including new discussions on working relationships, project delivery methods, and the project process
• The most recent codes and standards for accessibility, security, and safety and how to effectively incorporate them into commercial spaces
• Access to instructor support materials for classroom use

Whether you need to better prepare yourself to design a commercial interiors project or pass the NCIDQ exam, Designing Commercial Interiors, Third Edition will help you achieve your professional goals.

Designing Commercial Interiors is the industry standard reference, now fully revised and expanded to reflect the latest developments in commercial interior design. This book guides you through the entire design process, from planning to execution, to teach you the vital considerations that will make your project a success.

This new third edition includes new:

• Sustainability concepts for a variety of commercial spaces
• Coverage of accessibility, security, safety, and codes—and how these factors influence commercial design
• Chapters on design research, project process, and project management
• Drawings and photographs of design applications
• Supplemental instructor's resources

Commercial interior design entails a much more complex set of design factors than residential design, and many of these considerations are matters of safety and law. This book walks you through the process to give you a solid understanding of the myriad factors in play throughout any commercial project, including how the global marketplace shapes designers' business activities.

Whether it's a restaurant, office, lodging, retail, healthcare, or other facility, the interior designer's job is much more complicated when the project is commercial. Designing Commercial Interiors is an exhaustive collection of commercial design skills, methods, and critical factors for professionals, instructors, and those preparing for the NCIDQ exam.