Style Guide Development

Question 1

What are the five phases of building design standards?

Answer 1

• Data Gathering
• Prototype Standard Screen Examples
• Committee Meetings
• Write The Book
• Final Review

Question 2

What are the five major pitfalls of building design standards?

Answer 2

-Mix Standard Types
-Make a design
principle standard
-National standards don’t work
-Give it to someone to write
-Allow a ‘natural’ project flow

Question 3

What is the biggest pitfall when building design standards?

Answer 3

Lack of follow through