Supplies,
Equipment & Books
Required
in Architecture Courses
You will need to purchase the following tools for use in all courses:
Triton College Bookstore: They have the drafting kit you need for $28.50. Anything else you need they will order for you.
Village Supplies, Ltd., 3802 West 127th Place, Alsip, Illinois 60803, (708) 824-1402 Best prices. Order by telephone or via the Internet.
Genesis,
2417 North Western, Chicago, Illinois 60647-2011, (773) 292-2992
M-F 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday
and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
20% to 25% student discount.
Order via the Internet.
Pearl
Art . 225 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610 (312)
915-0200
M-S 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Sunday
12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m. No student discount.
Order via the Internet.
Utrecht
Art Supply. 332
South Michigan Avenue (first floor of the Santa Fe Building), Chicago,
Illinois (312) 922-7565. M-S 9:00 a.m.
to 6:00 p.m., Sunday 12:00 noon to 5:00 p.m.
No student discount.
Order via the Internet.
OfficeMax
in Winston Plaza, 1060 Winston Plaza, Melrose Park, Illinois 60160 (708)
493-0400
M-F 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Saturday
9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Sunday 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
They have best prices for most supplies
and usually stock a very nice drafting kit for less than $20.00.
Brudno Art Supply Company.
29 East Balbo, Chicago, Illinois 60605 (312) 787-0030
M-F 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
20% student discount.
Charrette
23 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois 60603 (312) 782-5737
M-F 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Not open
on Saturday).
10% to 50% student discount
Charrette has the biggest selection of merchandise
of any artists or drafting store in the country. They are a catalog store only.
You need to call them and place an order, then go there later on that day to
pick it up at their store (or they can mail it to you).
Imperial
Blueprint, 338 Harrison, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 (708)
848-1030
Blueprinting company with good selection
of art supplies.
M - F 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m..
Student discounts are negotiable.
Tree
Towns Repro, 542 Spring Road, Elmhurst, Illinois
(630) 832-0209
Blueprinting company with good selection
of art supplies.
The following supplies and materials will be provided to you by Triton College for use in producing projects:
Books
Required
for Architecture Courses
Books can be obtained at
the Triton College Bookstore, or ordered from Amazon.com
or ecampus.com
| Course Number | Course Name | Books Required | Equipment and Supplies Required |
| ARC109 | Fundamentals of Drafting | Ching, Francis. Architectural Graphics. | Student must purchase a drafting kit which is sold in the Triton Bookstore |
| ARC110 | Wood and Masonry Construction Technology | Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of Residential Construction. | Student must purchase a drafting kit and five sheets of 24"x36" drafting vellum with Triton title block on them from bookstore; construction materials in the shop are provided by the department |
| ARC112 | Materials of Construction | Ching, Francis. Building Construction, Illustrated. | Construction materials in the shop are provided by the department |
| ARC114 | Models | None | Model building materials, knives, straightedges, scales, and glue will be provided by the department |
| ARC 120 | Steel Construction Technology | Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of Building Construction. | Student must purchase removable storage media on which to make backup files such as a USB Flash Drive. Computers, CADD software and plotting paper are available in the Studio; construction materials in the shop are provided by the department |
| ARC171 | Architectural Design I | Ching, Francis. Architecture: Form, Space and Order. | Student must purchase a drafting kit which is sold in the Triton Bookstore Computers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio |
| ARC172 | Architectural Design II | Ching, Francis. Architecture: Form, Space and Order | Student must purchase a drafting kit which is sold in the Triton Bookstore. Computers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio |
| ARC187 | Fundamentals of Drawing and Model Building | Ching, Francis. Architectural Graphics. | Student must purchase a drafting kit which is sold in the Triton Bookstore, and foam core for building models. |
| ARC189 | Architectural CADD | None | Student must purchase removable storage media on which to make backup files such as a USB Flash Drive. Ccomputers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio |
| ARC210 | History of Architecture |
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of MesoAmerica: From Olmec to Aztek. |
None |
| ARC130 | Concrete Construction Technology | Student must purchase removable storage media on which to make backup files such as a USB Flash Drive. Ccomputers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio; construction materials in the shop are provided by the department |
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| ARC260 | Advanced Architectural CADD | None | Student must purchase removable storage media on which to make backup files such as a USB Flash Drive. Computers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio |
| ARC140 | MEP Construction Technology | Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of Building Construction. | Student must purchase removable storage media on which to make backup files such as a USB Flash Drive. Computers, software and plotting materials are available in the Studio; construction materials in the shop are provided by the department |
| COT142 | Contract Documents | Hinze, Jimmie. Construction Contracts, 2nd Ed. ISBN: 0072551690. McGraw-Hill. |
None |
| COT258 | Cost Estimating | Dagostino, Frank R. & Leslie Feigenbaum. Estimating in Building Construction, 6th Ed. ISBN: 0130604054. Prentice Hall. | Computers and software are available in the studio |
| COT291 | Site Design and Construction | Brooks, R. Gene. Site Planning: Environment, Process, & Development. ISBN: 0138112584. Prentice Hall. | None |