Australian Building Codes

Set of codes (standards) established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings in Australia

Architectural Design

Designing buildings and environments with consideration for their aesthetic and functional effect

Built Environment

Human-made surroundings that provide the setting for human activity ranging in scale from personal shelter to neighborhoods to the large-scale civic surroundings

Colour rendering

Creating two and three dimensional in colour images showing the attributes of a proposed architectural or engineered design

Concept sketches

Simple sketch of a proposed product consisting of shape, size, attributes and benefits

Drawing Standards

Rules associated with architectural and engineering drawings

Environmental Design

The design of products and systems that promotes pollution prevention and resource conservation

Fittings & Fixtures

Items that are added to or are inbuilt into an environmental space

Floor plan

A 2 D representation of a the floor layout of a room or space that is drawn to a fixed scale

Furnishings

Furniture and its associated accessories

Interior Design

The design of interior spaces

Landscape Design

The design out spaces outside

Scale Drawing

A method used to enlarge or reduce a drawing while keeping the proportions the same. Generally expressed as ratios eg 1:1, 1:2, 1:5, and 1:10 for reducing and possibly 2:1 for enlarging

Site Plan

The plan showing property boundaries & dimensions, major buildings and features such as drive ways, name(s) of street frontage(s), the direction of North

Space Planning

The process of considering a range of concepts with room items in different positions

Structural Design

The design of structures that are engineered

Three Dimensional Drawing – isometric

Drawings that show length, width & height. Can be color rendered. Usually drawn to scale.

Two Dimension Drawing – plans and elevations axonometric

Drawings that show only 2 dimensions

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