Architectural Details Plans

Do you need architectural details plans, elevations & sections ?

Architectural details plans & sections that we have worked on include cladding details for both residential and industrial construction incorporating some of the latest advances in rain screen wall construction. As well, architectural construction details for transit platforms using composite plastics as opposed to concrete construction. What follows are some page I have put together to go into these types of projects in a little more detail.

Glass panel architectural details plans

Glass railings and handrails for staircases and patios mounting on steel and wood frame construction. Most suppliers charge you for entire sheets of glass no matter how much you end up using, so its important to get the most usage out of your material

Glass staircase railing panels drilled with oversize mounting holes to allow adjustment

Fiber cement siding and cladding panels

We have worked on fiber cement siding and cladding projects involving Swiss Pearl and Ethernit. Also porcelain panel systems from Agrob Buchtal and laminated panels by Trespa. There are plenty of conditions to watch out for using these panels including allowing for building movement to simple notes on the drawing about sealing cut edges after panels are cut with the saw.

Fiber cement panel being cut using a table saw

Sidewalk cafe permit now require CAD drawings

Many cities and downs now require CAD drawings as part of the sidewalk cafe permit process. We can help with that. In many cases cities previously encouraged bar owners to house their patrons outside. Now the pendulum swings the other way and full compliance with local bylaws has to be demonstrated on paper or pdf as the case may be.

Sidewalk cafe permit process now requires CAD drawings as well as photgraphs

Shipping container door details

Shipping container door details looks at ways to frame out and install doors in shipping containers. Doors and windows are not usually designed with shipping containers in mind. They are usually made for wall sections that are much deeper than the 2 or so inches of a shipping container. We show some example details that are building permit compliant, retain a proper building envelope and that are structurally sound. 

SHIPPING CONTAINER DOOR DETAL

What is a rain screen ?

The what is a rain screen page talks about the whole process of providing architectural details & plans of rain screen wall systems using a variety of facade materials. The page talks about some of the factors that have to be decided in order to install a rain screen system on a variety of different substrates and conditions.

The rain screen page talks about the use of materials such as Porcelain, Zinc and Pre-painted steel. These materials are being used more frequently in cladding systems. The Canadian supermarket shown in the picture below has a porcelain tile rainscreen system made by a German company called Agrob-Buchtal.

The system included vertical rails installed over plywood sheathing with hooks that pickup grooves cast into the back of the cladding panels. 

Rain screen porcelain facade panels used at Fortinos supermarket in Burlington, Ontario

Office building security gates

This page talks about an office building security gate I worked on. This access system required two huge bifold gates and a personnel access gate. The gate was built on a hill which meant none of the panels could be the same height.

PERSONNEL GATE 01

Shipping Container Sizes

20 FT Shipping container being lifted onto a temporary base for modifications

Shipping container sizes come in a wide variety beyond the commonly used 20FT and 40FT models. They are all heavy and require special handling. 

Floor plans and plant layouts are often needed for things such as fire and emergency exit plans so employees know exactly how to get out in case of fire. Customized floor plans showing locations of offices or condo units and stair exits to help people find their way around.

Plant layouts are often made for trying out the locations of new plant processes and machinery prior to installation. All the new machinery or work cells can be just printed to scale and moved around on the layout to find the best utilization and workflow. Very useful for planning out a factory for lean manufacturing processes.

Or perhaps a new office layout that allows for company growth. Sometimes these drawings are required for building permits but quite often they are needed for internal planning purposes.

The Home Plans page gives a wide choice of house plans to use if you are planning to build a new home. If you are calling from Ontario, Canada be advised that the Ontario Building Code requires that all drafters be certified through the province. Many renovation projects will require an Architects stamp or a Professional Engineers stamp and sometimes both. If you are unclear just ask.

If you need more information about any of these areas, let me know and I will send you a sample of our architectural drafting, architectural detail drawings and architectural construction details.

As I am surfing the internet, i often run into really interesting videos about architecture, construction and building science, here are some of my favourites:

Take a look at this video showing Geodesic dome construction by @Trilliumdomes on TikTok. Love the way he streamlines and simplifies the construction of the basic geodesic dome triangle elements. The one thing I cant see from the video is how they flash the connections on the outside to prevent any rain from coming in contact with the wood but this guy and his favourite friend in the world certainly build a beautiful looking dome.