Today s standard ceiling height is nine feet.
Floor to floor height office building.
Note that this recommended dimension is given as a floor to floor height as the floor to ceiling height in a retail or commercial development will depend on the fitout.
The floor to floor height of an office building is 3 9 meters per story or almost 13 feet.
As per obc the bedroom height should be 2 3 m over at least 50 of the required floor area.
Houses commonly have only one or two floors.
The floor to floor height of an office building is typically the same for all occupied floors except for the lobby and floors for special functions.
A raised floor also raised flooring access floor ing or raised access computer floor provides an elevated structural floor above a solid substrate often a concrete slab to create a hidden void for the passage of mechanical and electrical services.
Buildings are often classified as low rise mid rise and high rise according to how many levels they contain but these categories are not well defined.
The first time i designed a building with two levels the boss told me to make the floor to floor height as tight as possible because that would keep the exteior wall cost as low as possible.
Residential buildings tend to have floor heights of about 3 1 meters or 10 feet per story and mixed use edifices floor heights are about 3 5 meters or 11 5 feet per story.
Above all the general office space should have a uniform ceiling height to provide flexibility for future floor plan changes.
Alternatively 2 1 m over 100 of the required floor area.
According to ontario building code obc 2 3 m over at least 75 of the required floor area with a clear height of at least 2 1 m at any point over the required area.
Raised floors are widely used in modern office buildings and in specialized areas such as command centers information technology data.
Newer houses are often built with nine foot ceilings on the first floor and sometimes eight foot ceilings on the second story.
In historic buildings however original ceilings in significant spaces should remain exposed to view.
My main recollection of the construction of that building was the constant phone calls and trips to the site to explain how to run the ducts conduits and place the lights so everything.