Building Design Services Glossary

List of common terms in building design, architecture, and home design.

• a

• Accent colours
• Accent lighting
• Articulation

• b

• Bespoke
• Brief
• Building envelope
• Building permit

• c

• Cantilever
• Certificate of final inspection
• Charette
• Client
• Concept
• Concept
• Conceptual or Schematic design
• Contemporary
• Contract price
• Contractor
• Contractor documents
• Cornice
• Curvilinear

• d

• Defect

• e

• Eclectic

• f

• Facade
• Feng Shui
• Final certificate
• Finish

• h

• Hue

• i

• Interior wall

• j

• J-Box

• w

• Wow factor