Tuesday, October 18, 2011

How To Create The Best Buildings

By Adriana Noton


As long as we humans have existed, we have tried to separate ourselves from other species by the way we live. We do that as a group in many different ways: we prepare our food and cook it, rather than eating it raw and ripped from a carcass; we wear clothes to make up for the fur we have evolved out of; and we choose to live, work and play in the sanctity and safety of buildings rather than roaming the open plains of the wild.

Construction of a building is handed over to a highly skilled team of designers, architects, contractors and builders. They will guide a building from its first sketched designs on paper to a complete structure that is able to be lived in or worked at. A virgin site is often chosen and the ground is prepared. An architect will sum up the potential of the site and begin putting pencil to paper to create the basic design which he or she believes will best suit it.

They will consider the plus points and minus points of a given site and try to accentuate the positives while diminishing the negatives in their design. They will use their considerable skill to create a design - a master plan which others can follow - of how they believe the building should look when it is completed. They will often take advice and contributions from the person for whom they are designing the building, and introduce interesting and unique little concepts.

When builders need tools and materials to create their constructions, they will often go to a supply merchant. These places hold mountains of materials, including wood, masonry and support structures, which can help erect a structure with the latest technology. The master builder will buy his required materials to meet the architects' brief at the supply merchants and will transport it to the site to be used to create the home or office.

The outer layer of any given building is often made by adding a material such as brick, stone or concrete to a steel structure or frame. Once that is completed and proven sturdy, internal workers including skimmers, electricians and plasterers will start creating the inner structure of the building.

Once completed, interior designers will set about their work. They will make sure that the rooms within any environ are well furnished and liveable in. They will often provide a room with a mood or atmosphere, allowing those who have to or plan on spending a significant period of time in the area to be more relaxed.

When all this has been completed and the building looks usable, it is then put on the real estate market. Recently that sector has seen a dramatic decline as people are ill able to afford to move premises whether for work or leisure, but economists believe that as the economies of the world recover so will the building sectors. Realtors are skilled professionals who try and pitch a place at a specific, interesting price which guarantees good demand.

At every stage that a buildings take to their completion, there are a small army of workers who are devoted to producing the end result. As people work, rest or play in their steel buildings, it is worth remembering the large amounts of work that go into producing this single space.




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