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Schematic Design - Developing a Project Budget

Matt Fajkus Architecture

Keep in mind that early pre-design cost per square foot ranges may be for the building only, while your project may include specialty elements that will need to be added on for things like extensive landscaping, decks, patios, pools, specialty site work like large retaining walls or bringing utilities to rural sites.

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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. Typically, the owner and architect will have 3 or more meetings.

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

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With the resulting design we hoped to emphasize the importance of community connection, gathering and play. Architizer chatted with Amir Kunin, Senior Associate at Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture (ACLA) , to learn more about this project. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design?

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Romney Hall Renovation at Montana State University by Cushing Terrell

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Photo © Karl Neumann Location: Bozeman, Montana, USA Architect: Cushing Terrell Principal in Charge: Jim Beal Project Manager: Bob Franzen, Melinda Talarico, Kevin Nelson Project Architect: Kevin Nelson Architectural Design/Production: Trae Schwenneker, Diego Zapata Historic Architect: Lesley Gilmore, Chelsea Holling LEED: Ashleigh Powell Programming (..)

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Woven Designs L Shape Vacation Home Vertes Retreat

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The home is perched 30′ above a pristine lake in the form of an L shape plan that hugs the existing rocky landscape. Large glass openings throughout the home frame stunning lake views with glimpses of the rocky landscape behind positioned in select locations. Consultants. Phillip Van Horn Design. Team Members.

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LCC Health Professions Building

SW Oregon Architect

Fortis Construction is the Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) for the project. From the outset of their involvement at the beginning of Phase 2, the company provided invaluable cost estimating, value engineering, constructability review, and design coordination assistance. Rendering of the proposed multipurpose classroom.

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019: Architectural Fees

Life of an Architect

schematic design, design development, construction documentation, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration), or a cost per square foot of construction. We do not charge for coordinating other consultants scope of work, i.e. interior designers, landscape architects, pool design, exterior hardscape, etc.