Client Contract Schematic Design Site 
Landscape Architecture Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
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.
A4 Architects
JANUARY 30, 2024
There are generally 7 definable phases: The first step is “pre-design.” This includes the selection of the architect and a feasibility study analysis of the site. These may be done with simple hand sketches, Sketch-Up models or even Computer Assisted Design (CAD) drawings, but they will tend to be very diagrammatic and simple.
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Young Architect
MAY 14, 2022
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.
The Architect's Guide
MAY 11, 2021
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.” Expect to get scenario based questions on issues related to programming, site analysis, and zoning and code requirements.
Life of an Architect
JULY 27, 2014
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. It may look like I know where I’m going from reading below but the truth is I don’t.
Life of an Architect
JULY 11, 2016
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.
Young Architect
APRIL 20, 2022
This exam is all about establishing a business, laws, ethics, contracts, and business structure. The moment a client signs that contract, you now have a project. This exam is all about programming, site analysis, and zoning/codes. Think: Investigation (not design). Project Planning and Design Exam (PPD).
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