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1. Modern Design of a House
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2. Main Component of Modern Design of
House
• Bed room
• Drawing Room
• Living Room
• Dinning Room
• Kitchen
• Store
• Stair Case
• Verandah
• Servant Room
• Car Porch
• Corridor
• Lobby

3. Bed Room With Attach Bath
• This room should be located on open side or back
periphery of the constructed block to maintain
good natural ventilation and light.
• Bedroom should be made as independent and
private as possible but it should have easy access
to all the common places in the house.
• Further it should be prevented from direct sun
and rain. Minimum size of a bedroom for a small
house is at least 100 SFt, for example, 8'-6" X
12’-0".

4. • Reasonable size is 100 SFt like a bedroom of size
12' x 15'.
• The bathroom to be provided should have a
minimum size of 30 SFt and at least one side of it
must be towards the open side for better
ventilation.
• Sometimes a small portion called dressing is also
provided close to the bath. Passage of the
bathroom, in this case, is through the dressing.
• Area of the dressing room may be kept smaller
even about 25 SFt. One or two cupboards or
wardrobes must be provided in each bedroom or
in the attached dressing.
• Minimum depth of the cupboard should be 1’-9".

5. Drawing Room
• Preferable size is about 215 sft with a minimum
of 110 sft.
• It should be made well ventilated and lighted and
should have a direct approach from the main
entrance of the building.
• A powder room having a minimum size of 12 sft
is to be attached with the drawing directly or
through the living room. The powder room is to
be fitted with a W.C., a wash hand basin and
hangers.

6. Living Room
• It is sometimes referred to as Common Room or
Lounge.
• Living room should be the central place of a
house and direct access to all other components
should be available from here.
• This place should be the most comfortable and
graceful part of the house so that the occupants
are attracted to it and a common sitting is
automatically arranged at suitable tames.
• This room should give an impression of being
open. Area should be 215 to 325 sft

7. Dining Room
• this room having a minimum size of about
I50 sft should be located adjacent to the
drawing and the living room.
• Kitchen should also be connected to the
dining room for easy working.
• Sometimes a pantry (having about 50 sft
area) in between the kitchen and the living
is provided to store the kitchen articles and
the cooked food temporarily.

8. • This room should have cupboards and shelves,
• In modern houses, drawing, dining and living
rooms may be combined in any required
pattern.
• In that case, area requirements are slightly
reduced.

9. Kitchen
• Reasonable size for the kitchen is about 80 SFt
but it depends upon the plot size, number of
members of the family and the way in which
the kitchen is used.
• Ventilation should be very good and space
may also be provided for exhaust fan.

10. Store or Box Room
• It is the small (50 sft) but safe room present in
the interior of the building to store different
articles

11. Stair Case
• Position of the stairs as also very important
which may be provided in a separate stair hall
or directly in the living.
• If stair hall is to be provided, it should
preferably have one opening to the outside and
one to the living room so that the upper storey
remains somewhat separate yet easily
approachable from the ground floor.
• Natural light should always be available for
the stairs.

12. Verandah
• It may be 6 to 10 ft wide and should be located
on either the front or back of the building

13. Servant Room
• For one Kanal or bigger house a servant room
may be provided having a area of 100 sft.
• If it is on ground floor it should be separated
and on the back side of the house.
• But if it is on the top floor it should have
separate approach.

14. Car Porch or Portico
• Car porch is constructed in front of the
building for the parking of car.
• It is generally a roof provided over pillars

15. Corridor
• It is covered passage inside a building
providing separate passage to different rooms
without disturbing.
• It is avoided as far as possible

16. Lobby
• It is the small place or hall at the entrance of
the building which is connected to the living
room and drawing room