This document provides information about building planning principles for a civil engineering student named Mistry Kevin H. It discusses key concepts like principal of planning, building byelaws, earthquake resistant building, and building services. Some important planning principles that are explained include aspect, privacy, circulation, roominess, grouping, elegance, sanitation, flexibility, economy, and practical considerations. Architectural principles of axis, symmetry, hierarchy, rhythm, and transformation are also briefly covered. Principles of architectural composition such as unity, mass composition, contrast, proportion, scale, accentuation, rhythm, character, and balance/symmetry are defined.