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Meet the Team: Who Works with an Architect on a Design Project?

DesignScape Architects

From building contractors, civil engineers, and even interior designers — we’re here to help you find out exactly who works with an architect. Architectural and engineering companies often work together in a variety of areas, but three engineers that commonly work with architects include: 1.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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Work is organized into three principle activities: 1) Design Development and Entitlement Processes ; 2) Site Development Permits and Construction Documents for Upper Garden Development ; and 3) eighteen months of construction. The first phase is approximately seven acres.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

On the beautiful Oregon spring day of my interview, Richard Hartlage’s practice partner at Land Morphology, Lindsey Heller, ASLA, met me with Sandy Fischer, FASLA, a quasi-staff adviser to the firm, and Christine Nack, the firm’s business manager, who was carrying a large camera to document progress. Architect Olson Kundig, Seattle.

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The Role of Architects in Construction Projects

Santa Cruz Architect

Architectural services can be obtained from unlicensed persons, but they cannot call themselves architects and generally, with the exception of single-family residences, they cannot sign construction documents. Architects work hand-in-hand with other professionals such as civil and structural engineers to deliver qualified designs.

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Time to Abandon the Scorched Earth Approach in Subdivision Development

Community Architect

Steep streets characterize many cities: San Francisco (Photo Philipsen) In the approval steps towards site development plans, civil engineering precedes the other design professions. Civil engineers are driven by the hard rules of engineering, not the softer concerns of context sensitive design or carbon emission reduction.