What you’ll find inside
Building Construction Illustrated, Sixth Edition by Francis D. K. Ching explains the parts and systems that make up buildings through drawings and concise supporting text. This listing is for an Adobe PDF ebook, with the same ISBN Wiley lists for the sixth-edition eBook. The book is organized as a visual guide, making it useful for readers who want to connect a building element with its materials, assembly, and role in the larger structure.
Follow a building from site to systems
The contents address building context and green building before moving through the building site, foundations, floors, walls, and roofs. Further sections cover moisture and thermal protection, doors and windows, special construction, finish work, mechanical and electrical systems, and materials. This sequence helps readers relate early site and structure decisions to the enclosure and interior systems encountered later in construction. The drawings also clarify spatial relationships, component layers, and assembly sequences that can be hard to infer from prose alone.
Review construction details visually
Wiley describes the sixth edition as updated for contemporary materials and building systems, including resilient design, modular foundations, façade systems, mass timber, sustainability, insulation, and fire-rated assemblies. Its illustrations help show how components fit together and how a detail affects a complete building system. Readers can use the book as a foundation for studying construction methods or as a visual reference when reviewing architectural and engineering coursework.
Confirm the file and edition
ISBN 9781119583165 identifies this edition’s Adobe PDF ebook; paperback and EPUB editions have separate identifiers. Four sample images let you inspect selected drawings and page presentation before choosing. Compare the edition with your reading list and confirm that PDF works with your device or drawing-study workflow.
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Independent reader feedback
External reader-rating snapshot: 4.6/5 from 7 reviews on Google Play Books, checked 2026-10-08. This is third-party edition feedback, not a BQ MAG customer review.
aaron maze –
So informative and technical. If your working detail drawings this is the ebook you will need!
Anonymous –
This ebook is very informational and a good reference to use when working on project in AutoCAD/Revit.
Sherpaaaa –
Great ebook and very informative!
Captain Shelton –
This is a great ebook for anyone in the building trades or homeowners who want to make sure improvements are done right. Illustrations are detailed and easy to understand. Consistent with building codes and a great reference.
A.licia.C.Jorge –
Great value for money, well written, easy to read, lots of illustrations. Well worth the purchase. As described.
Peta –
I’ve heard this ebook called the bible for designers and architects, and now I see why. Straight forward language, beautiful and concise illustrations, covering almost all the major construction elements and methods. I was glad to get the most updated copy which includes CLT. It has helped me from the first moment I cracked the cover.
WENDY Raquel Mendoza Ramos de Vargas –
Good
Giselle N –
I’m using this ebook for a Construction Materials course and it is very detailed. The ebooks diagrams are helpful and give you just what you need to understand how materials are used.
A –
I was introduced to this series in undergrad and have purchased 6+ copies for work and colleagues through the years working in development – great for novice folks and a good visual reference for non design and construction professionals