Up-to-date examples are selected from schemes around the world, and these are illustrated with plans and details drawn to a consistent scale as well as with photographs.
Its title highlights a central feature of the content, which consists of the documentation and description of building developments of all kinds.
DETAIL comprises five main sections under the headings Discussion, Reports, Documentation, Technology and Products.
Two special DETAIL Concept issues highlight not only the ideas underlying the design of outstanding buildings, but the entire planning and construction process.
The journal contains commentaries and topical articles, professional discussions and special reports, as well as documentations of specific buildings, in which spatial and urban relationships are described in the form of photos, drawings and explanatory texts, details of the technology involved, and product information relating to the construction, fitting out and furnishing of the buildings.
The opening Discussion section, which contains interviews, critical statements and historical analyses, serves as an introduction to the main theme of each issue.
DETAIL is published ten times a year (from 2009 there will be 12 issues per annum) and is distributed to 80 different countries around the world in a bilingual (German-English) edition.
The network functions as a community, databank, reference tool and marketplace for specialist information in the field of architecture and building construction.
DETAIL360.com provides scope for architects, specialist planners, interior designers and consultants to present their offices and projects in a visual form and to describe them in their own words.
In this way, one has an overview of all building products available in these countries, as well as concise descriptions of and contact data to the relevant companies in this market.
Forming part of the DETAIL network, the Deutscher Baukatalog provides a databank to aid architects in choosing the most suitable products for their own projects.