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MATERIALS & METHODS

Please take a look the NCARB web site http://www.ncarb.org/are/exam2_8.html which contains a list of what NCARB feels you need to review for this part of the exam.

Click here to go to a Sample Questions page.

RECOMMENDED READING FOR MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Building Construction Illustrated
Francis D.K. Ching
Van Nostrand, Reinhold, 1991

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ARE : Practice Exam, Multiple-Choice Divisions
by Larry A.  Paul

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Architectural Graphic Standards, Ninth Edition.
Ramsey/Sleeper, The American Institute of Architects

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Fundamentals of Building Construction-Materials and Methods
Edward Allen and Joseph Iano

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Architectural Detailing
Edward Allen

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Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
Cyril M. Harris, editor

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Architecture Exam Review-Ballast’s Guide to the A.R.E. Volume II: Non-Structural Topics, Fourth Ed.
David Kent Ballast, A.I.A.
Chapters 14-23 for Materials and Methods. 
Ch. 23 has a sample test.

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Archiflash Flashcard Study System for the ARE
by NALSA

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