Have you ever built a new house, or rebuilt an existing one? If you did, most likely an architect has been involved guiding you through the whole process of permits, drawings and construction. In this process, the architect creates insightful two- and three-dimensional drawings, models and views of the house. These show the structure of the house, its division into rooms (like the kitchen, living, bedrooms, and bathroom), its windows with views of the light, the networks of electricity, gas and plumbing, etc. The architectural design process of a house is a well-established discipline, using internationally accepted standards for describing and visualizing the design, and various ways to present the design and analyze and calculate the strength of the proposed construction. The architect is well trained in the design methods, the modelling language and certain supporting tools.
