Reddit mentions of Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods, 5th Edition

It's one way according to this book. I guess it depends on the type of wood you're sawing because some trees might sell better as 2x4s and others better as flooring.

I'm currently in graduate school. Most of the textbooks I bought were for my technical classes like environmental technology or structures. I have used:

Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius. I used this in my theory class. It's a pretty neat book that offers classic principles of architecture.

The Ethical Function of Architecture This is another theory book that offers more contemporary architectural issues. I'm not the biggest fan of theoretical readings but it's not too bad.

Building Construction Illustrated by Francis Ching

Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings

Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School This is one I think every architecture student should own. Its very small and simple.

Wow, thanks for the detailed response, I truly appreciate your contribution.

Oops, sorry. I completely did not realize there was a subreddit for asking questions. I've mostly just browsed the main page and saw several questions asked. Is there a moderator who would be willing to move this there?

That's good news to hear that it's not a field closed of to gay people. Although, did you mean anything by
>but my classmates would have been the least of my worries
?

What I'm doing this summer and for this year is take time off to work in a hospital and save up money (it pays really well) before going back to school. But hopefully towards the end of the year I want to search for a job related to architecture/ construction that will provide me with hands-on skills. I bought a huge textbook, as well as several architectural books, to get an idea and and knowledge of some construction methods and materials by using this book. Then I'm going to do a 2-3 year trade program at college for architectural technologist before I go to university for architecture. I've spoken to several people who chose to do it this way to learn more skills one normally doesn't learn in university.

I'm hoping that those blue-collar homophobes won't be too bad to poison the work environment or make my job harder. One thing I just remembered was a terrifying conversation I overheard on the bus after we had picked up some workers from a construction site. They were talking about how the number of people with HIV was increasing, and they said to each other, very serious, that in order to solve the HIV problem would be by taking a shotgun and shooting 2000 "faggots" every day until there were none left to spread it. While I feel my city is not that homophobic, the possibility of working with these men is worrisome.

Thanks for the last bit of advice, I really appreciate your suggestions. Overall, would you say it was a great experience and not to challenging that you can't learn quick enough?