Exceptionally comprehensive and technically-rich, this text provides an overview of residential building design and construction procedures related to the specific residential systems commonly found in houses. It explores housing trends/demands, basic design principles, and working drawing skills, and provides the technical procedures — and standard Code specifications — for designing/building all of the various systems in a house. Each process is well-illustrated with a coordinated set of specific-system photographs/illustrations, design calculations, working drawings, and contract documents for a “Case Study House.”