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An Architect’s Guide To: Designing Your First Passive House

Architizer

The Accelerator is a catalyst for zero-carbon building and a collaborative media platform for practitioners, developers, and manufacturers working to create better buildings through Passive House design and construction. Have you ever wondered why clients are now seeking Passive Houses in larger numbers? Photos by Peter Peirce, Inc.

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The Commercial Design Process: How it Works in Cape Town

DesignScape Architects

In addition, the architect must respond to the aesthetic and logistical restrictions of working with specific organisations and industries. Many corporate institutions will have branding requirements that must be included in designs. Pre-Design Phase This initial phase sets the project in motion.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Invoicing clients, . Reviewing the work of contractors, so they can get paid, . Managing their clients and employees. A 2 hour design meeting translated into 11 months of execution and a lot of work for many people. . Unlike school, time and money sometimes dictate the design of the project. The Industry is huge.

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ACLA Redesigns Buhl Community Park and Emphasizes the Importance of Community Connection

Architizer

Our final design could be interpreted as metaphorical rivers flowing diagonally though the square creating a large gathering space and stage for public art where they meet. Our intention was for the park to act as a fulcrum supporting the intersection of past and present, industry and ecology, art and the urban landscape.

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Behind The Design 006: Get Space Vancouver by Jarod Hall of di’velept design

EntreArchitect

An hourly fee to get through schematic design so that we know what we are going to be designing and then a fixed fee after that. Describe your design team for this project. Which design software was used for this project? With clients? With contractor? A fixed fee from the start of the project.

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How the AIA’s New Custom Residential Agreements Help Custom Home Architects and Contractors

EntreArchitect

The suite includes A110-2021, Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for a Custom Residential Project , and B110-2021, Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect for a Custom Residential Project. The A110-2021 was developed from the A104-2017, Standard Abbreviated Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor.

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019: Architectural Fees

Life of an Architect

How do you make sense of the options, which method works best for you, and how do you provide a method that suits the needs of both the architect and their clients. schematic design, design development, construction documentation, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration), or a cost per square foot of construction.