ABSTRACT
In the 1930s and 1940s a new sort of architectural book appeared. 1 It contained neither substantial text nor representations of buildings, but a plethora of diagrams. Within only a few years, from 1932 to 1935, Architectural Graphic Standards (AGS), Time-Saver Standards (TSS) and others in the United States, Ernst Neufert’s Bauentwurfslehre in Germany as well as others in England were all introduced (see Figure 2.1). 2 All but the first began as installments in architectural journals, designed to be collected by readers, some not available in published book form until the middle of the next decade. The first edition of Time-Saver Standards was only published in 1946 and they all continued evolving through multiple editions. (a) Title page, Charles Ramsey and Harold Sleeper, Architectural Graphic Standards, 3rd edition (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1941); (b) Title page, Ernst Neufert, Bauentwurfslehre (Berlin: Bauwelt, 1936); (c) Title page, Architectural Record, Time-Saver Standards: A Manual of Essential Architectural Data, 2nd edition (New York: F. W. Dodge, 1950). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315884141/77456718-6894-490c-8628-c07d15df5de4/content/fig2_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
