New Details - Rooflights, Lanterns and Monopitch Glazing This month we have added a selection of new details to the library. They range from rooflight details, roof lantern details, monopitch glazing details, wall abutment details and glazed bay windows. They are all...
The rooflight details featured in this post are available to download from our Detail Library. The Detail Library features a large number of construction details available to download as 2D CAD drawings or 3D SketchUp drawings, and Revit versions coming very soon....
The following article contains excerpts, details and information from our book Understanding Passivhaus - The Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design. Passivhaus Cavity Wall Details Understanding Passivhaus explores a number of different construction...
New Details - Loft Conversion Details This month we have added a selection of new details relating to loft conversions. The loft conversion details include both the 2d cad drawings and 3d SketchUp drawings. Our loft conversion details section now...
Passivhaus Wall Details The following article contains excerpts, details and information from our book Understanding Passivhaus - The Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design. Passivhaus Windows Windows perform a variety of functions in any building....
Technical Drawing: Construction Drawings In Part 5 of the Technical Drawing series we are going to explore construction drawings. Construction Drawings - what are they? Working drawings, construction drawings, detailed design drawings.... they are...
The First In Architecture Construction Detail Library is live! I am very excited to announce the official launch of our new website - the First In Architecture Detail Library. The library is a collection of residential construction details (based on UK...
Passivhaus Thermal Bridges and Psi Values The following article contains details and information from our book Understanding Passivhaus - The Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design and Details:Calculated. This article also contains contributions from Tad...
Passivhaus Wall Details The following article contains details and information from our book Understanding Passivhaus - The Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design. Building Fabric The building fabric has a key role to play in achieving many of the...
Passivhaus Foundation Details The following article contains details and information from our book Understanding Passivhaus - The Simple Guide to Passivhaus Detailing and Design. Passivhaus Foundation Design Passivhaus standards require high levels of...
Technical Drawing : Layout In part one of our technical drawing series, we will look at Layout. How should a drawing be composed, and what sort of information do we need to show on our architectural drawings? Architectural drawings can be produced on varying...
Welcome to our new Technical Drawing Series! Over this series we will be exploring the world of technical drawing for architecture, construction and interior design. We will be looking at best practice for producing drawings. The architect or designers...
This green roof details post includes excerpts and details from our book Understanding Architectural Details - Residential. Introduction to Green Roof Details A green or living roof is a flat or low pitched roof with a layer of planting over the waterproofing...
This timber cladding details post includes excerpts and details from our book Understanding Architectural Details - Residential. Introduction to Window Details Approved Document Part A states that the number, size and position of openings should not impair the...
Rainscreen Cladding Details[lwptoc] This is a follow on post from our previous post Cladding Details - if you haven’t seen that already please  check it out. The following post includes excerpts from our book Understanding Architectural Details - Commercial....
I have curated a list of some of the tools and resources I would strongly recommend for anyone studying or working in Architecture.