Drawing is the language of Engineers and Architects. Building Planning and Drawing is the foundation subject for Civil Engineering students. In this Eighth Revised Edition each topic of the text-book has been arranged in such a way that reader is empowered with an in-depth knowledge in the subject of Building Planning and Drawing. The entire subject is canvassed in the chapters like: Fundamentals of Building Drawing; Fundamentals of Buildings; Site Selection for Residential Buildings; Climate and Its Influence on Building Planning; Orientation of Buildings; Principles of Planning Of Buildings; Building Bye-Laws; Planning of Residential Buildings; Planning of Public Buildings; Different Methods of Construction; Prefabricated Construction; Economical Measures in Building Construction; Green Buildings; Anthropometric Studies; Intelligent Buildings; Construction Management Techniques; Basic Concepts of the Building Elements; Nomenclature of Building Planning and Construction; Standard Guidelines for Building Drawing; Guidelines for Planning and Drawing of Residential Building; Drafting Materials and their Utilization; Conventional Signs and B.I.S. Code Colours; A Few Facts of the Vaastu Sastra; Perspective Drawings; Computer Aided Building Drawings; Typical Building Drawings; Question Bank. The Appendix gives University Examination Questions The book now in its 27 Chapters and Appendix contains: * 409 Neatly drawn selfe-xplanatory diagrams * 50 Plates of important components and different plans of buildings * 89 Useful Tables * 26 Solved Problems * 464 University Type questions are given for preparation of examinations. A separate chapter as Question Bank includes: * 307 Short Questions with Answers * 123 Multiple Choice Questions * 97 Short Questions. It is the fervent hope of the authors that this book will satisfy the needs of the Civil Engineering students preparing for the B.Tech/B.E. examinations of almost all the Indian Universities, Diploma examination