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Schematic Design - Developing a Project Budget

Matt Fajkus Architecture

When starting a remodel or new construction project, an important early step is developing your budget to set realistic expectations and avoid surprises midway through the design process. This basic overview will help you understand the cost components of a residential construction project.

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The Commercial Design Process: How it Works in Cape Town

DesignScape Architects

The architect will begin space planning, land zoning, and business zoning for the site, and create estimations for the cost and timeframe of the project. All the logistics must be figured out before they can move on to design concepts and proposals. Construction Administration Phase Now the project can finally come to life!

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Refining Design – The Design Development Phase

Matt Fajkus Architecture

After the schematic design phase has been completed and a viable project budget has been developed, it is time to design the building’s structural system, layer in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and refine the design of functional spaces.

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The National Speed Skating Oval or the Ice Ribbon by Populous

aasarchitecture

Ltd Site Area: 17 hectares Gross Floor Area: ? Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Photo Courtesy of Populous Design Concept Elevations Section Image © Populous.

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

Architizer

Buhl Community Park – After winning a national competition to redesign the plaza in front of the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum ACLA began to work on integrating our design concepts with the physical realities and cultural context of the site. The essence of the design remained essentially enact through construction.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

e-architect

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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Eleftheria Square by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Constructed in the Middle Ages and extensively rebuilt by the Venetians in the 16th century, these substantial defensive walls define the boundary of the oldest part of the capital, dividing the ancient city from the new districts outside the walls.