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Basic Construction Knowledge for Interior Designers
While interior design and decoration are the fun parts that make the interior's aesthetics work, you still need a basic knowledge of how buildings and the items inside them are held together and constructed.
This is the nuts and bolts side of holding the interior that you design together.
This section of the site covers areas of construction and forces on buildings.
As with everything we need to have a foundation to work from and so it is with interior design.
If you don’t have the basic knowledge of construction and the language that goes with it in the building world, then it is like a table without legs, it’s a step or plinth rather than a table because the correct instruction hasn’t got to the person who has to build it.
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A timber framed house on a concrete foundation |
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The construction techniques and principals will
also help you formulate practical ideas when designing.
You can build or design almost anything but some
things are more practical and economical than others
and different techniques and finishes can give the
desired or similar effect without the cost being
prohibitive. |
In this Section:
Construction Contents | House Insulation - Energy Efficiency | Construction for Interior Design | Proportion & Balance | Home Theater Design | Foundations, the Substrate | Forces on Buildings | Framed Members and Structure | Walls | Openings In Walls | Windows | Glass | Stairs | Sound Control | Ceilings | Creative Ceilings |
Construction Contents | House Insulation - Energy Efficiency | Construction for Interior Design | Proportion & Balance | Home Theater Design | Foundations, the Substrate | Forces on Buildings | Framed Members and Structure | Walls | Openings In Walls | Windows | Glass | Stairs | Sound Control | Ceilings | Creative Ceilings |
