History of Architectural Graphics Standards Online


Architectural Graphic Standards Highlights

 

Architecture Landmarks

1910

Pennsylvania Station, New York, New York (McKim, Mead and White)
John Wiley & Sons publishes Architectural Details, a prototype for Architectural Graphic Standards

1924

1929

La Villa Savoye, Poissy, France (Corbusier)

1930

Chrysler Building, New York, New York (William Van Alen)
Wiley publishes first edition of Architectural Graphic Standards

1932

1934

Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pennsylvania (Frank Lloyd Wright)
10,000th copy sold

1936

100,000th copy sold

1947

1949

The Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut (Philip Johnson)
Fourth edition published: changes in building technology trigger 80% increase in length over prior edition

1951

Fifth edition published: final edition prepared by Charles Ramsey and Harold Sleeper

1956

1958

Seagram Building, New York, New York (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)

1966

Salk Institute, La Jolla, California (Louis Kahn)
Sixth edition published: first edition edited by American Institute of Architects; incorporates Uniformat organization

1970

John Hancock Center, Chicago, Illinois (Bruce Graham/Skidmore Owings and Merrill)

1973

AIA Headquarters, Washington, DC (The Architects Collective)

1977

Centre Pompidou, Paris, France (Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano)

1978

National Gallery of Art East Wing, Washington, DC (I.M. Pei)

1982

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, DC (Maya Lin)
Ninth edition published: incorporates ADA guidelines; new material on building systems and energy-efficient design

1994

First digital version of Architectural Graphic Standards released as CD, version 1.0

1996

J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California (Richard Meier)

1997

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain (Frank Gehry)
1,000,000th copy sold

1999

Reichstag, New German Parliament, Berlin, Germany (Foster + Partners)
Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany (Daniel Libeskind)
Tenth edition of book and version 3.0 of CD published

2001

2003

The Gherkin’, 30 St Mary Axe, London, UK (Foster + Partners)
Graphic Standards franchise expands with the release of Interior Graphic Standards

2004

Seattle Central Library, Seattle (Rem Koolhaas/OMA)
The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, Scotland (Enric Miralles)

2005

De Young Museum, San Francisco (Herzog & de Meuron)
In conjunction with American Planning Association, Planning and Urban Design Standards is released

 

2006

 
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards publishes

 

2007

Metropol Parasol, Seville, Spain (Jürgen Mayer H)
To celebrate its 75th Anniversary, Eleventh edition of book and version 4.0 of CD published

 

 
John Wiley & Sons celebrates 200th anniversary

 

 
The American Institute of Architects celebrates 150th anniversary

 

2008

‘The Bird’s Nest’, National Stadium for Beijing Olympic Games, Beijing (Herzog & de Meuron)
Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards, 1.0 CD-ROM releases

 

2009

MAXXI Museum, Rome (Zaha Hadid Architects)
Neues Museum, Museum Island, Berlin (David Chipperfield Architects)
 

The Graphic Standard franchises expands with release of the first title in the Graphic Standards Field Guide Series– Graphic Standards Field Guide to Commercial Interiors

 

2010

Burj Khalifa, Dubai (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill)
Second Edition of Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction book and CD-ROM 1.0 release

 

Guangzhou Opera House, The People’s Republic of China (Zaha Hadid Architects)
Interior Graphic Standards, 2nd Edition and CD 2.0 release

 

 
Graphic Standards Field Guide Series expands with three publications– Residential Construction, Softscape & Hardscape

2012

The Shard, London (Renzo Piano)

2014

One World Trade Center, New York, New York (David Childs of Skidmore Owings & Merrill)

2015

The Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, The People’s Republic of China (Gensler)
Architectural Graphic Standards Online launches

 

2016

 
Architectural Graphic Standards 12E releases