File consists of architectural drawings for apartment, including 2 presentation drawings (basement plan, typical floor plan), 5 development drawings, and 1 survey drawing [1907].

Urban house (detached, basement, 3 floors, attic, 8 bedrooms, sleeping gallery); brick; wall bearing.
3 development drawings; dormers, stairs, flue
10 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, section
47 detail drawings: doors, archway, windows, rafters, dormers, stairs, study, louvre, ground floor, larder, wrought iron railings, fittings, lighting, plaster cornice, ash bin, slab reinforcement, plumbing diagram, fireplace, sleeping gallery, eaves, pier, vase, roof
1 record drawing: ground plan
27 photographs: 1 plan; 11 finished exteriors; 15 finished interiors

File consists of architectural drawings for country house (basement, 2 floors, 3 bedrooms; stone and roughcast; wall bearing) and photographs of finished interiors. Drawings include:
1 survey drawing: property plan
2 measured drawings: ground levels, stable
1 sketch drawing: site plan
2 presentation drawings: north, east and west elevations
4 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, section
48 detail drawings: floor plan, room interiors, windows, stonework (including corbel, base, coins, ramp, porch), eaves, bellcast, doors, dormers, entrance, vestibule, staircase, plaster cornices, stairs, woodwork (including porch, panelling, fireplace, screen), closets, balusters, shutters, fittings, architrave, ornaments, tea house, ironwork (including awning, hinges), sundial
3 record drawings: block plan, plans, elevations.

File consists of architectural drawings for housing development. Includes 8 presentation drawings (block D elevations [front, side, rear]; house L [floor plans, front and rear elevations], house D [floor plans], blocks BI and BII [floor plans], block BI [front elevation], elevations on Thurlow Road, on Merton, on Northcote Road,and on Queen Mary Road, block plan. Also includes 5 development drawings (block plans, elevations) and 1 record plan (block D floor plans and elevations).

File consists of architectural drawings for urban house (detached, basement, 2 floors, 4 bedrooms, 3 servant's rooms; brick and stone; wall bearing) and photographs of finished exteriors. Drawings include:
2 survey drawings: property plan
1 sketch drawing: fireplace
3 presentation drawings: exterior perspectives, exterior elevation
1 development drawing: fireplace
12 working drawings: block plan, foundation plan, floor plans, roof plan, elevations, section
57 detail drawings: windows, stairs, doors, terrace, balcony, chimney, eaves, staircase, fittings, flues, rooms, plaster cornices, lighting, leaded glass, tile work, cupboard, stonework (including windows, entrance doorway), ironwork (incl. fences, fire screen, grilles, railing), woodwork (including trims, panelling, carving, lamperkin)
1 shop drawing: cut stone
3 consultant drawings: structure
1 record drawing: floor plans

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including:
3 presentation drawings: block plans, X block housing elevation
14 development drawings: road schemes, block layouts, subdivisions of land, floor plans, elevations, perspectives
1 detail drawing: structure

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing (basement, 3 floors, 2-1 bedroom apartments, 7-2 bedroom apartments, 7-3 bedroom apartments, 2-4 bedroom apartments; brick; composite), including:
4 presentation drawings: bird's-eye view, block plan, plans, elevations
10 development drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections
7 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including 1 presentation drawing (block plan) and 8 development drawings (legend, key map, city maps and planning).

File consists of architectural drawings for urban housing, including 5 presentation drawings and 1 development drawing of floor plans.

Moshe Safdie's undergraduate thesis, "A Three-Dimensional Modular Building System," contains all of the concepts that would be realized in Habitat '67 at the World Exposition in Montreal. Officially titled "A Case for City Living," the thesis outlines Safdie's central premise: how can high-density urban housing include the amenities found in low-density suburban housing developments?

The building system developed in the thesis combines three distinct concepts: an integrated three-dimensional urban structure, a construction system based on three-dimensional modules or boxes, and a system adaptable to a wide range of site conditions. The thesis explores three possible construction systems, applied to a community of 5000, each with its own structural system and geometry. In the first system (single repetitive module), a structural frame supports non-load-bearing, factory-produced modular units. In the second system (bearing-wall construction), the same modules are assembled in a load-bearing arrangement. In the third system (load-bearing module), prefabricated walls are arranged in a crisscross pattern.

Overall the systems allow for flexibility, identity, privacy, community, and individual outdoor space. The modules may be stacked in many configurations to create a variety of housing types. The flexible arrangement allows for a complex in which no two dwellings are exactly alike and each can be recognized from the exterior. Because the modules are stacked on top of one another, walls and ceilings are doubled up, providing sound attenuation and privacy not achievable in conventional city-apartment high-rise construction. Modules are arranged in a staggered form, stepping back and allowing each roof to become an outdoor terrace for another dwelling. Pedestrian streets and vertical elevator and stair cores form the primary circulation systems. Finally, the modules are manufactured in a factory, lowering the individual-unit cost and allowing for relatively quick construction.