WHAT ARE ELEVATION DRAWINGS?
Elevations are yet again another confusing designer term, an ‘Elevation’ is the drawing that shows either the front or side of something, usually being a wall. Compared to the Plan drawings which shows a plan view, these elevations show the detail on the front/side of the space, this gives you an idea of other viewpoints.
Elevations are very important for renovations but most importantly they are used or kitchen designs, without having a elevation drawing you can’t see the placement of cupboards, shelves, draws or any other furniture within a space. A plan drawing can’t describe these details to the customer. Elevations are not always required, they are very helpful for when wanting to insert furniture such as fireplaces, cabinets, bars, bathroom vanities and any other furniture which are built in. The information shown on an Elevation drawing gives the chance to add or change small details to the design before anything is built in. This saves any disappointment and changes during installation.
Not everything is shown on an elevation, such as the small details of handles, it is simply just to show the main instalments and all the measurements in proportion to the room, such as the height of cabinets, more measurements and notes will be on elevations if they are for a guide for construction.
An elevation will be shown if the designer is good, however if you are not shown an elevation you may want to ask to see one, this will allow for no disappointment in the final outcome.
An example of a professional Elevation drawing would be,
ELEVATION DRAWING
To get to grips of elevation drawings, I began by doing front and side elevations of some small Tetris blocks, this was to get the hang of drawing using this technique. Following that I began to create an elevation which went with my previous Plan drawing. I had to mark on my plan drawing where the elevations are for and then I began to draw, I made sure I had all my measurements correct for the height of the furniture within the space, I included windows, skirting boards, shelves, radiators and notice boards, as well as where the bed, desk, mirror and drawers were. This elevation drawing would help someone understand where each of these things are for if they wanted to create a identical room or for if they had to install similar shelving units etc.
Peta-Louise Krog 
Well done for keeping up with the uploading! You have a good balance of imagery and text showing a good level of understanding.
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