Trimble Architects

How do architects design a house plan? We look at the range of considerations required when you want to draw up floor plans for a house.

Floor plans are a significant and essential aspect of the building and design process. They provide a scaled diagram of specific rooms or your new build as a whole, often a birds-eye view of it from the ceiling.

You can choose whether it depicts the appearance and measurements of an entire structure or a single room. These design drawings and scales can display whereabouts you would like to place your appliances, stairs, furniture, and other features or materials that enhance the plan and accuracy.

Floor plans are valuable for figuring out wiring systems, designing furniture layouts, and more. They are fantastic tools for leasing companies and real estate agents or businesses that can help you rent or sell your property in the future once the building part of the project is over.

WHAT ARE THE STEPS OF DESIGNING MY OWN HOUSE?

These open floor plans enable you to generate high-resolution output formats of PDF, JPG and PNG that you can download and print.

Many choose to print these to scale, either metric or imperial, to achieve more accurate portrayals of how the building will appear. 

These open floor plans enable you to generate high-resolution output formats of PDF, JPG and PNG that you can download and print.

Many choose to print these to scale, either metric or imperial, to achieve more accurate portrayals of how the building will appear. 

3D designs will enable all to rotate your floor plan examples to view them at all angles physically possible. You can add labels and notes that suit your particular needs and detail the room sizes and names. 

3D floor plans allow you or your designer to completely customise your design elements in numerous ways through colour, textures, etc.

For instance, you can even add branding and company logos if you curate the right floor plan for a business building.

Solid floor plans are vital to consider and create when designing and building your dream home or property. An excellent, detailed floor plan increases many work benefits for construction builders, providing them with focus points and allowing you to enjoy your home more, knowing that you have helped create it whilst providing plenty of resale value, so you save money.

Speaking of money, the floor plan puts your vision to scale, enabling you and professional architects to assess the final costs. Ask professional architects or search further online for more tips or information. 

It is essential to draw up a floor plan; it can be an easier option to select an experienced architect to draw up the floor plans for you; however, if you feel as though you're the only one capable of drawing exactly what you envision, you must learn how to draw your own floor plan. 

Firstly, you'll want to choose an area you wish or need to be drawn to. If the building you are working on already exists, you must decide how much of it to want to alter and then draw, whether it's a single room, one or two floors or the whole building.

However, if you're working on an entirely new build that does not yet exist, you want to begin by brainstorming all of your design ideas based on the shape and size of your desired property. 

Next, take all the necessary measurements. For existing buildings, take measures of the doors, walls, and any pertinent furniture; in doing so, you can ensure the floor plan you create is precise. Suppose you're creating an entirely brand new layout for a new location; ensure that the measurements taken will fit the total building area. We highly recommend that you examine any buildings within the local area, using them as estimates as it will ensure your structure matches its surroundings. 

After that, you'll want to begin drawing. Firstly, it is advisable to map out the walls, adding them for every room of your building or the rooms you are revising. Take care to draw them to scale from the first floor to the second floor.

Then begin adding your desired architectural features to all spaces, especially the unchangeable aspects that you have clear in mind, such as windows and ceiling windows, doors and significant appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, dryers, refrigerators, etc.

Doing so is essential because you want to ensure that all the critical aspects of a home or property fit well into the individual rooms you're creating. You need enough room for all furniture and guests. Add any furniture you like, be mindful to stick to your budget and make sure that they work well in the location.