Arch D

24 x 36 in CMYK 2:3 portrait

A 24 by 36 in Arch D drawing sheet. The standard project sheet size for residential and small commercial architectural plans, sections, and blueprints.

about the size of a standard movie poster

About this size

Arch D is the size most working architectural offices use for project documents. Full residential plans, complete commercial sections, working drawings ready for construction; all live at Arch D. The format is the architectural equivalent of ANSI D in engineering: large enough to show a complete plan at construction-readable scale, small enough to fold for storage and transport.

It is also the size at which architectural pin-up presentations register as professional work rather than student work. The format itself carries that weight.

Architecture plans
Blueprints
Large drawings

Pro tips

1 A standard project sheet size for residential and small commercial architectural projects. The working unit for most production architectural work.
2 Folds to Arch B for storage and transport. The physical handling pipeline assumes this fold workflow.
3 The format reads as professional rather than academic. Production architectural drawings live here by convention.