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Architects' Data (German: Bauentwurfslehre), also simply known as the Neufert, is a reference book for spatial requirements in building design and site planning. First published in 1936 by Ernst Neufert,[1] its 39 German editions and translations into 17 languages have sold over 500,000 copies.[2] The first English version was published in 1970 and was translated from the original German by Rudolf Herz.
Teaching at Weimar's Bauhochschule from 1926 after graduating from the Bauhaus, Ernst Neufert began to collect data about building, in a way of rationalization.[2] It was first published in 1936, as a handbook for students and architects. Since then, more than half a million books have been printed, in 39 German editions and 17 other languages.[2] The first English edition was published in 1970. In the US, it competes with the most common Architectural Graphic Standards and is little known compared to Germany.[3] Until 1986, Ernst Neufert was its editor, after which his son Peter took over the publishing with his company AG Neufert Mittmann Graf Partner, until his death in 1995.
The book is conceived to help the initial design of buildings by providing extensive information about spatial requirements. Dealing mostly with ergonomics and with functional building layouts, thousands of drawings illustrate the text, organised according to building typologies. Weighting now slightly less than two kilograms, it has been continuously updated.
I'm a Neufert user as well, granted I work in UK dependency so it is understandable to some extent. I however have to constantly convert the dimensions to imperial because most of the things we import are from the US (due to proximatey)
as far as i know the rest of the continent is in metrics and uses neufert. at least here in ecuador we do. but i got an ags when i was a student, and have been using both ever since. i'll use ags when i need/want a specific, standard dimension, and neufert perhaps more for architectural configurations and specific dimensions of objects [well, like you said]. i think also ags has more construction details than neufert [this off the top of my head]...
but i thought i was going to see a photo of both books menacingly staring at each other. bah.
for some data you really weren't asking for, ernst neufert studied in the weimar bauhaus and worked with walter gropius. i say this because i was always fascinated by the fact that he was an actual person [in contrast to the more anonymous ags]. there's a photo of him in the leaflet of my neufert, this little old man with a toothy smile and a bow tie.
Here's a little tidbit from the cobweb-ridden corners of architecture history: Albert Speer hired Ernst Neufert to devise a system for converting housing to bunkers and gun emplacements as well as a manual for industrial building in Germany (apparently, Speer was a devotee of Neufert's Bauenwurfslehre).
Oh yeah, Neufert was also a Nazi.
anyone have the neufert discs where you can plug in your height and all the corresponding dims for tables, chairs, etc are revealed?
but yeah, i'm more partial to neufert but try to pay attention to the AGS for detailing cos i'm not so good at it.
Sounds like I might take the money I didn't spend on Architectural Graphics Standards three years ago and purchase a copy of this. If I account for interest rates and inflation maybe I'll break even. Good review.
This is the third English language edition of a reference in which architects Ernst and Peter Neufert provide core information needed to form a framework for the detailed planning of any building project. Organized largely by building type, and containing about 6,000 diagrams, it contains a mass of data on spatial requirements as well as planning criteria and considerations of function and siting. Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. New sections include coverage of building components, services, heating, lighting, thermal and sound insulation, fire protection, and designing for the disabled. Edited by Baich and Waliman of the school of architecture, Oxford Brookes U. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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