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BUILDING DESIGN [3 records]

Record 1 2011-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architectural Design
DEF

The process of providing all information necessary for construction of a building that will meet its owner's requirements and also satisfy public health, welfare, and safety requirements.

CONT

When the choice of materials is influenced by cost, all phases of architectural design are affected, since the planning procedure, the technique, and the form of buildings are dependent on materials.

OBS

Do not confuse the three meanings of "architecture(-al) design": the area of study, the activity and the drawings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Action de concevoir des plans et des volumes.

OBS

Ne pas confondre le design architectural (la discipline), la création ou conception architecturale (l'opération) et le projet architectural (le dossier).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diseño arquitectónico
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Record 2 2002-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Architecture
DEF

The process of providing all information necessary for construction of a building that will meet its owner's requirements and also satisfy public health, welfare, and safety requirements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture
CONT

L'étude de la conception des bâtiments reste dans la plupart des pays la tâche principale de l'architecte. Mais son intervention au niveau du programme reste assez vague.

Key term(s)
  • conception de l'immeuble
  • conception d'un édifice

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
  • Architecture
CONT

... building design is a more or less organic process which tends to produce the size and form of the structure which best solves the problem [of subdivision] (unless the site is actually too small for such a solution) ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
  • Architecture
CONT

À côté de ces installations complexes, qui nécessitent une coordination étroite, au moment de l'étude du bâtiment entre l'architecte et l'ingénieur conseil, on rencontre des appareils monoblocs de climatisation individuels [...]

OBS

L'étude d'un bâtiment à construire englobe l'aspect architectural et l'aspect proprement technique.

Spanish

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