An elevation view is an orthographic projection drawing that shows one side of the exterior of a building. It provides a vertical perspective, illustrating the finished appearance, building height, floor-to-floor heights, and the relationship of the structure to the ground level or grade. This type of drawing is essential for understanding the building's external features, materials, and overall vertical dimensions without showing internal structures, which distinguishes it from a sectional view.

A. Detailed view: This is a large-scale drawing of a small, specific part of the building, such as a window frame or wall assembly, to show its construction.

B. Plan view: This is a top-down, horizontal view of a building, as if a horizontal slice was taken, showing the layout of rooms, walls, and doors.

C. Sectional view: This is a vertical "cut-through" view of the building that reveals the internal construction, materials, and assembly of different components.

1. Milke, J. A., & Battrum, S. C. (2016). Review of Construction Documents. In M. J. Hurley et al. (Eds.), SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering (5th ed., pp. 1288-1289). Springer. This chapter explicitly defines the drawing types: "Elevations are views of the exterior of the building... Floor plans are horizontal sections through the building... Building sections are vertical cuts through the building... Details are large-scale drawings of specific features..."

2. Ching, F. D. K. (2015). Architectural Graphics (6th ed.). John Wiley & Sons. On page 112, an elevation is defined as "an orthographic projection of the exterior (or sometimes an interior) faces of a three-dimensional object... from a position of a vertical picture plane parallel to one of its principal faces."

3. RMIT University. (n.d.). Architectural drawing. Learning Lab. Retrieved from https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/learninglab/content/architectural-drawing. This university resource states, "An elevation is a view of a building seen from one side, a flat representation of one façade. This is the most common view used to describe the external appearance of a building."