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Who Needs To Know?

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Firms are sharing project contracts and budgets more openly across teams as a matter of staff engagement. PAUL KISSINGER, FASLA: They have to know the contract. If they don’t know the deliverables, and the client calls to ask for x, y, or z, and they just go ahead and do that, well, why did you do that? It’s kind of basic.

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A4 Guide: The Six Phases of the Architectural Design Process

A4 Architects

This work included interviewing the client to better understand the program of the project, which are the functional requirements of the new construction, the size and orientation of the various component parts, the aesthetic goals, the scheduling requirements, and the approximate budget that is available to design and build the project.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Invoicing clients, . Managing their clients and employees. Sure, sometimes designing and drawing pretty pictures are part of an Architect’s day, but that’s really just a very small piece of every project. Unlike school, time and money sometimes dictate the design of the project. Working on construction drawings.

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Managing Your Client’s Happiness

EntreArchitect

One of the keys to success for small firm architects is client satisfaction. Keep the client happy throughout the project and that happy client will lead you to more happy clients. Our clients don’t like surprises. Remember that your client most likely has no experience with the architectural process.

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The Best Architect Exam Prep Resources

The Architect's Guide

Project, Planning, & Design (PPD). Project Planning & Design (PPD) is an exam that tests your ability to design sites and buildings. It should be called “Schematic Design.” This exam is five long hours of you applying all of your critical design thinking to show that you can properly design a project.

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Design in a Day

Life of an Architect

I have asked him to guest write on my site several times without success, but I finally had a topic that suited him … Schematic Design and “Design in a Day” Douglas Burke (aka: architectrunnerguy) Lives in Annapolis, MD. That’s it for the client/owner. These are all completely unscripted. Forget that.

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How to Find an Architect

Life of an Architect

If the projects are spread out between schematic design, design development, construction drawings, and construction administration, you can get away with larger ratios because the different level of skill positions required for each task can be sasigned to different individuals in the office.