You're a skilled residential designer. You know proportions, you understand materials, and you've mastered code. Yet every time you work on a new style, whether it's French Eclectic, Mission Revival, or Prairie, you find yourself hunting for the same answers:

• What's the correct window-to-wall ratio for this architecture?
• Which grille patterns are authentic to this era?
• What trim details should define this style's character?
• Where can I find authoritative design specs I can trust?

Minutes turn into hours. Days accumulate. Your profit margins shrink.

It's not because you're not expert enough. It's because this information exists scattered across a dozen sources...if it exists at all.

The Solution Is HERE:

With Andersen Windows & Doors, we've just launched a game-changing resource in the AIBD Designer Docs Library: authoritative Pattern Books for America's most iconic architectural styles.

These aren't generic design guides. They're professional cheat sheets backed by years of architectural research that give you:

• Essential style elements you need to know
• Authentic window and door designs specific to each architecture
• Exact color palettes and finish combinations
• Sash, grille, and hardware specifications
• Proportion guidelines tied to each style's identity

Four new complete guides are available today. Access them instantly in the "Pattern Books & Style Guides" folder of your Designer Docs Library:

✓ FRENCH ECLECTIC — Capture the romantic charm of European countryside elegance with authentic mansard roofs, stucco exteriors, and arched casement windows.

✓ MISSION REVIVAL — Master the bold simplicity of Spanish colonial influence: white stucco walls, red tile roofs, arched openings, and distinctive window treatments.

✓ GEORGIAN-FEDERAL — Command the symmetry and formality of America's earliest architectural movements with proper proportions, classical cornices, and elliptical transom details.

✓ PRAIRIE — Embrace Frank Lloyd Wright's revolutionary philosophy of organic architecture with horizontal bands of windows and integrated art glass designs.

Each guide includes seven critical design components, from essential elements to hardware specifications, so you never waste time second-guessing authenticity again.

Why This Matters To Your Bottom Line:

Every hour spent hunting for design specifications is an hour you're not billing. Every back-and-forth with clients about "is this style authentic?" is friction you could eliminate.

The designers already leveraging the AIBD Designer Docs Library are:

• Cutting research time by 60%+
• Communicating with laser-focused precision to clients and builders
• Building reputation through undeniable architectural authenticity
• Protecting themselves with professional documentation standards

More guides are coming over the next three weeks. The early movers in this community aren't scrambling. They're setting the standard.

It's Already "Free."

If you're an AIBD Member, log into the Designer Docs Library right now and open the Pattern Books & Style Guides folder. Four new complete guides are ready for your next project.

If you're not yet leveraging the full Designer Docs Library, with its editable checklists, templates, compliance frameworks, and now architectural style guides, you're doing more work than you need to.

If you're not an AIBD Member...you can still claim access to Designer Docs.

You just have to join the growing community of top-tier designers who've turned design documentation from a burden into a competitive advantage.

​Join Today & Get Instant Access to the Full Library

Thank you to Andersen Windows & Doors for creating this exceptional resource. The level of detail, accuracy, and practical application in these guides raises the bar for our entire profession.

One More Thing: Remember to check your inbox next Thursday when we introduce more architectural styles. This is rolling out strategically...make sure you don't miss the next wave.

Until next week,
The A-Team

P.S. Astute eyes will notice something special in the Mission Revival guide. Mission Revival is divided into two pattern books:

1. Mission Revival and
2. Spanish Colonial Revival

Which means you're actually getting 5 complete guides this week instead of the 4 we promised.

P.P.S. Missed last week's email? Here's what you need to know.

Last Thursday, we introduced the first six style guides to the Designer Docs Library:

1. American Farmhouse
2. Cape Cod
3. Craftsman Bungalow
4. Farmhouse (continued)
5. International Modern
6. Mission Modern & Industrial Modern (combined in one comprehensive guide)

These six guides are already available in the "Pattern Books & Style Guides" folder...don't leave money on the table by not using them. Then add the four new guides we just released (French Eclectic, Mission Revival, Georgian-Federal, and Prairie), and you've got ten complete architectural styles covered (with a few more on the way).

That's the power of staying current with every AIBD's announcements. Log in now and catch up on what your competitors might have already discovered.