Standard Size of Rooms in Residential Building?

I’ve been asked this question many times by my relatives as well as by my clients. That is, what should be the standard room size for a residential building? In this post I’ll answer this question from my experience which I gained from last 3 years of time working with several architects and clients. Before knowing standard room size, we need to know what types of room we may have in a residential building. Type of rooms in a residential building Although type of rooms depend on the personal preference, here are some common types of room we normally build in a residential building: Living room Master bed room Child bed room Guest Bed Room Dining room Kitchen Bath room Dressing room Foyer Store Room Pantry Office room, etc. You can also include some other type of rooms in your residential building. For example, you may want to include a “study room” in your residential building. Now we’ll talk about these various type of rooms-How they can be located and what are the standard size of those rooms in a residential building? Standard size of rooms in a residential building Once I worked with a client, who built his living room such big that we can make a whole apartment in his living room, if we take standard room size. So, when I’m asked about the standard size of rooms in a residential building by my relatives or clients then I always confused that what I should say. Because, when I tell them standard size of a room, they replied, this is too small or this is big! So, size of a room in a residential building completely depends on your personal preference. However, everything has a standard, if you like it or not. So, let’s talk about the standard size of various type of rooms in a residential building. Living room: We all know about this room. It is used for sitting and gossiping purpose with guest or friends. It is also called drawing room. Location of living room: During locate living room in your apartment, keep the following things in mind – Locate the living room near main door. Locate the living room near the dining room. Sometimes, living room is used as dining room. In that case, living room should be bigger than standard size. Try to locate the living room in the middle of your apartment’s front side. Standard size of living room: the standard size of a living room should be as below – Small: 12′ x 18′ (3600mm x 5400mm) Medium: 16′ x 20′ (4800mm x 6000mm) Large: 22′ x 28′ (6600mm x 8400mm) Master Bed Room: Master bed room is the main bed room of an apartment. Location of master bed room: keep the following things in mind during locating master bed room in your apartment – Master bed room should be well ventilated. So, locate this bed room in such a way that it can get enough ventilation. Try to keep at least one wall of master bed room expose to outer for sufficient ventilation. Locate your master bed in the side of the building where natural view is visible. Locate the master bed in such a way that it provides privacy. Locate the master bed room in such a way that it receives enough sunlight in the morning. Standard size of master bed room: Master bed room should be bigger in size than other bed room. The standard size is, Small: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm) Medium: 14′ x 20′ (4200mm x 6000mm) Large: 16′ x 24′ (4800mm x 7200mm) Child bed room: Child bed room is made for children. This room is like any other bed room. Location of child bed room: During locate the child bed room, consider the things which we considered during locating the master bed room. Most of the time it is not possible to give all the facility of master bed room to child bed room. In that case, you need to deduct some facility. Okay, no problem, children will understand that. Size of child bed room: Child bed room is not as big as master bed room. The size of child bed room is as the size of normal bed room. However, the standard size is, Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm) Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm) Large: 14′ x 16′ (4200mm x 4800mm) Guest bed room: Guest bed room is as normal bed room and it is made for guest. It can also be called common bed room. Location of common bed room: To locate the guest bed room, consider the following things – If possible try to locate this bed room in a well lighted and ventilated place. During locating guest bed room, consider the privacy of family members. Because guest bed room will be used by guest. So, it is essential to disconnect this room from rest of the rooms of the apartment. Guest room should be located in the front of the apartment and beside the living room. Standard size of guest bed room: The standard size of guest bed room is, Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm) Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm) Large: 14′ x 16′ (4200mm x 4800mm) Dining room: We all know about the dining room. We sit and take our food here. Location of dining room: Consider the following things during locating dining room in your apartment – Dining room should be located near the kitchen room and back side of living room. In the modern apartment, dining and living room are combined together to get a big room for family occasion like birthday party. So, you can do the same too. Standard size of dining room: If you want to separate your dining room from living room then the standard size of dining room is, Small: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm) Medium: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm) Large: 14′ x16′ (4200mm x 4800mm) Kitchen We know this room very well. It is the room to cook food for our family. Location of kitchen room: Considering things during placing kitchen room in a residential building – Kitchen room should be located near the dining room. At least one wall of kitchen room should beexposed to outer for escaping smoke. It should be placed in such a way so that it has enough sunlight and air circulation. Standard size of kitchen room: Although some prefer to make a big kitchen room, the standardsize of it is, Small: 5′ x 10′ (1500mm x 3000mm) Medium: 8′ x 13′ (2500mm x 3900mm) Large: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm) Bathroom: There are two type of bathrooms can have in an apartment of a residential building. One is master bathroom and another is common bathroom. Master bathroom is generally attached with master bedroom. We can also have an attached bathroom with child bedroom. But, the guest room doesn’t need to have attached bathroom. For this purpose, it is better to have a common bath room for guest. Standard size of bathroom: Although the size of master bathroom depends on the personal preference, the standard size of a master bath is, Small: 6′ x 9′ (1800mm x 2700mm) Medium: 7′ x 10′ (2100mm x 3000mm) Large: 8′ x 12′ (2500mm x 3600mm) Standard size of common bathroom, Small: 5′ x 9′ (1500mm x 2700mm) Medium: 6′ x 10′ (1800mm x 3000mm) Large: 7′ x 12′ (2100mm x 3600mm) Dressing room: Dressing room is provided in front of Master bathroom. It doesn’t need to provide dressing room with any other bathroom. But it depends on you. standard size of dressing room: The standard size of dressing room is, Small: 4′ x 4′ (1200mm x 1200mm) Medium: 5′ x 5′ (1500mm x 1500mm) Large: 6′ x 6′ (1800mm x 1800mm) Foyer: Foyer is a lobby or corridor used in an apartment of a residential building to separate the entrance from living room. But some prefer to omit the foyer and use the living room as an entrance of the apartment. The standard size of foyer: Small: 5′ wide (1500mm) Medium: 6′ wide (1800mm) Large: 8′ wide (2500mm) Store room: Store room is used for storing the kitchen goods. It should be placed near the kitchen room. And it should have sufficient rack to store materials. Standard size of Store room: The standard size of a Store room is, Small: 6′ x 6′ (1800mm x 1800mm) Medium: 8′ x 10′ (2500mm x 3000mm) Large: 10′ x 10′ (3000mm x 3000mm) Pantry Although kitchen serves the purpose of pantry, someone prefer to have a pantry adjacent to kitchen. Pantry is a small room where cooked foods are kept. It should have sufficient rack and cupboard. Standard Size of pantry: The standard size of pantry is, Small: 2′ x 2′ (600mm x 600mm) Medium: 3′ x 4′ (900mm x 1200mm) Large: 4′ x 6′ (1200mm x 1800mm) Office Room: You can use the guest room as an office room. Because, guest room isn’t always used. But some prefer to have a separate office room in an apartment. The location of office room should be in front of apartment like guest bed. Standard size of office room: Although the size of office room depends on personal preference, the standard size of the room is, Small: 8′ x 10′ (2500mm x 3000mm) Medium: 10′ x 12′ (3000mm x 3600mm) Large: 12′ x 14′ (3600mm x 4200mm) You don’t have to build the rooms in your apartment as standard sizes. You should define the size of rooms as your personal requirement. So increase or decrease the size of rooms that best suites you