《营造法式》是中国第一本详细论述建筑工程做法的官方著作。对于古建筑研究，唐宋建筑的发展，考察宋及以后的建筑形制、工程装修做法、当时的施工组织管理，具有极大的作用。此书于北宋元符三年（1100年）编成，崇宁二年（1103年）颁发施行。由将作监少监李诫所作。书中规范了各种建筑做法，详细规定了各种建筑施工设计、用料、结构、比例等方面的要求。  全书357篇，3555条。是当时建筑设计与施工经验的集合与总结，并对后世产生深远影响。原书《元祐法式》于元祐六年（1091年）编成，但因为没有规定模数制，也就是“材”的用法，而不能对构建比例、用料做出严格的规定，建筑设计、施工仍具有很大的随意性。李诫奉命重新编著，终成此书。

全书共计34卷分为5个部分：释名、各作制度、功限、料例和图样，前面还有“看样”和目录各1卷。  看样主要是说明各种以前的固定数据和做法规定及做法来由，如屋顶曲线的做法。  第一、二卷是《总释》和《总例》，对文中所出现的各种建筑物及构件的名称、条例、术语做一个规范的诠释。指出所用词汇在各个不同时期的确切叫法，以及在本书中所用名称，统一语汇。 第三卷：壕寨制度、石作制度。 第四、五卷：大木作制度：材、斗栱、昂、铺作、平坐、梁、阑额、柱、阳马、栋、柎、椽、檐、举折 第六至第十一卷小木作制度:板门，格子门，乌头门，软门， 第十二卷雕作制度、旋作制度、锯作制度、竹作制度 第十三卷：瓦作制度、泥作制度 第十四卷：彩画作制度 第十五卷：砖作、窑作制度等13个工种的制度，并说明如何按照建筑物的等级来选用材料，确定各种构件之间的比例、位置、相互关系。大木作和小木作共占8卷，其中大木作首先规定了材的用法。大木作的比例和尺寸，均以材作为基本模数。 16-25卷规定各工种在各种制度下的构件劳动定额和计算方法。 26-28卷规定各工种的用料的定额，和所应达到的质量。 29-34卷规定各工种、做法的平面图、断面图、构件详图及各种雕饰与彩画图案。

The Yingzao Fashi (Chinese: 營造法式; pinyin: yíngzàofǎshì; lit. 'Treatise on Architectural Methods or State Building Standards') is a technical treatise on architecture and craftsmanship written by the Chinese author Li Jie (李誡; 1065–1110),[1] the Directorate of Buildings and Construction during the mid Song Dynasty of China. A promising architect, he revised many older treatises on architecture from 1097 to 1100. By 1100, he had completed his own architectural work, which he presented to Emperor Zhezong of Song.[2][3] The emperor's successor, Emperor Huizong of Song, had the book published in 1103 in order to provide a unified set of architectural standards for builders, architects, and literate craftsmen as well as for the engineering agencies of the central government.[2][3][4] With his book becoming a noted success, Li Jie was promoted by Huizong as the Director of Palace Buildings.[5] Thereafter, Li became well known for his oversight in the construction of administrative offices, palace apartments, gates and gate-towers, the ancestral temple of the Song Dynasty, along with numerous Buddhist temples.[3] In 1145, a second edition of Li's book was published by Wang Huan.[4] Between 1222-1233, a third printing was published. This edition, published in Pingjiang (now Suzhou), was later handcopied into the Yongle Encyclopedia and Siku Quanshu. In addition, a number of handcopied editions were made for private libraries. One of these handcopies of the Pingjiang edition was rediscovered in 1919 and printed as facsimile in 1920.