Materials for Architects
AISC's website has a lot of valuable information for Architects. We have created the list here as highlights of this information. The documents are available as PDF files. Click on the article title to directly open the article. You may then choose to save the article to your desktop. Please note that you must have the free program Acrobat Reader installed to view the articles. For more information on using structural steel in your next project, visit My Project.
Designing With Structural Steel - A Guide For Architects 2nd Edition
The purpose of this Guide is to provide architects with the tools needed to feel more comfortable and confident working with structural steel in building projects. With a greater understanding of the characteristics and inherent benefits of structural steel, architects will be prepared to better utilize steel as a framing material. (2.6MB , 374 pages)
Innovative Ideas in Steel: Open Deck Parking Structures
Steel is the logical choice for your next parking project. This Design Aid provides you with the information you need to make that choice. It won't turn you into a parking designer. It will help you work with your design professionals to select the ideal framing system-steel. Don't get caught in the trap of tradition-break away from that same old, tired concrete parking garage! (686kB, 29 pages)
Successes in Steel Framed Parking
A selection of parking structure case studies from Modern Steel Construction, highlighting how owners and designers have addressed issues of cost, speed, design, durability, expandability and seismic performance through the utilization of steel framing systems. Available as a free printed booklet!
Office Brochure
A look at nine examples of steel-framed offices, each one illustrating one or more ways of meeting owners' and developers' demands for better facilities that are faster to build and at the lowest total cost. (3.2MB, 16 pages)
Structural Steel Framing Solutions for Multi-Story Residential Buildings
For buildings that require low floor-to-floor heights, steel exceeds requirements and expectations. These proven framing systems provide column-free space at lobby levels in hotels, apartments, condominiums and senior residences. See examples in this color brochure. (585kB, 17 pages)
Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel
A set of guidelines developed to assist in the specification of AESS previously published in Modern Steel Construction. The goal of these tools is to allow the designer to communicate the desired appearance in a format that contractors can price/budget/bid more appropriately. (236kB, 16 pages)
Structural Steel Sustainability
A series of reprints of Modern Steel Construction articles covering steel's sustainability and how structural steel contributes towards obtaining a LEED rating. Features employee- and Earth-friendly green buildings. (document sizes vary)
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