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Holmesglen Harvard Referencing

Architect/Builder drafts, drawings and plans format

Published and unpublished drafts, drawings or plans

* Same format applies also for blueprints and site plans.

 

Caption/Appendix

There is the option to include the draft, drawing or plan as part of the body of your assignment (using a caption) and/or include them at the end of your document as an appendix.

  Format Example

Caption

Figure #: Figure title (Author Year)

Figure 1: Builder's plan for three bedroom townhouse (Giordano Homes 2021)

 

[Image, screenshot or section of draft, drawing or plan]

 

Appendix Appendix #: Appendix title (Author Year)

Appendix 1: Builder's plan for three bedroom townhouse (Giordano Homes 2021)

 

[Attached draft, drawing or plan]

 

 

In-text citation

Format Example

(Author Year) 

OR

Author (Year)

OR

Figure #

... was used as part of the building project (Giordano Homes 2021).

OR

Giordano Homes (2021) exemplify in their plan ...

OR

As shown in Figure 1 ...

 

Reference

The author or creator will often be the name of the architect or building company if no individual has been attributed to the creation of the work.

 
Unpublished
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) Title of draft/drawing/plan [unpublished type of work], Company/Business Name, Location. Giordano Homes (2021) Three bedroom townhouse [unpublished building plan], Giordano Homes, Brighton.

 

Published on a website
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) Title of draft/drawing/plan [type of work], Website Name, accessed Day Month Year. Metricon Homes (2022) Franklin 50 [floor plan], Metricon, accessed 29 April 2022.
Note:
  • Title is hyperlinked to the web page's URL, formatted as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and is italicised.

 

Published in a book
Format Example
Author, AA (Year) 'Title of draft/drawing/plan' [type of work], in AA Author (if different from author of draft/drawing/plan), Title of book, x edn, Publisher, Place of Publication:Page. Kubba, S (2009) 'Floor plan: plumbing and sprinkler layout' [plumbing drawing], in Blueprint reading: construction drawings for the building trade, McGraw-Hill, New York:150.
Note:
  • For an ebook: title is hyperlinked to the book's URL, formatted as per hyperlink default (blue, underlined text) and is italicised.