ARCHITECTURE

dictionary of real estate
terms
glossary of commercial
real estate
dictionary of architecture
and construction
the dictionary of urbanism
of drawings, for making an object,
a building, or a development.
Development
Developer: One who transforms
raw land to improved property
by use of labor, capital, and
entrepreneur efforts.
Development: The process of
adding improvements on or
to a parcel of land. Such improvements
may include drainage,
utilities, subdividing,
access, buildings, and any
combination of these elements.
Also the project where such
improvements are being made.
Development
Development
1. A tract of previously undeveloped
land which is subdivided
for housing and provided with
all necessary utilities, such as
roads, water, electricity, sewers,
etc.
2. A large-scale housing project.
3. Any man-made change to
improved or unimproved real
estate, including but not limited
to dredging, excavation or drilling
operations, filling, or paving
located within an area of special
flood hazard.
Development
Statutorily defined under the
[UK] Town and Country Planning
Act 1990 as “the carrying
out of building, engineering,
mining, or the making of any
material change in the use of any
building or other land. . . . ”
Efficency
Efficiency Ratio: The proportion
of a building’s area that is leasable
space.
Efficiency Unit or Apartment: a
small dwelling unit, often consisting
of a single room, within
a multifamily structure. In
most cases, kitchen and bath
facilities are not complete.
Efficency
A measure of the capacity or
effectiveness of space to produce
the desired results with a
minimum expenditure of time,
money, energy, and materials.
Efficency
Area Efficiency: The ratio of the
net usable floor area (or the net
rentable area) to the gross floor
area.
Efficiency
The relationship between output
and input; the ratio of output to
input.
Ethics
Principles by which one treats
colleagues, clients, and the
public in a fair, just, and truthful
manner. Adherence to such
standards is considered one
of the requisites for recognition
as a profession.
Ethics
Ethics
Professional practice: The practice
of one of the environmental
design professions in which
services are rendered within the
framework of recognized professional
ethics and standards and
applicable legal requirements.
Ethics
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