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Schematic Design - Developing a Project Budget

Matt Fajkus Architecture

Additionally, interior specialties such as audio systems, wine rooms, solar systems, or home theaters, for example, should be identified and included in the schematic design budget. Extensive decks, patios, pools, and outdoor living spaces should be considered in a holistic budget during the schematic design phase.

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

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First, we bring in Passive House consultants early in schematic design. This ensures that while we design, we keep important performance measures in mind. Passive House consultants can provide a sense of where mechanicals can be placed, informing design decisions and creating interesting possibilities.

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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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Romney Hall Renovation at Montana State University by Cushing Terrell

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The resulting design solution was developed based on physical assessments of the architectural, electrical, mechanical, and structural systems, which dovetailed with conceptual plans dedicated to student and faculty success.

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

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Our initial competition entry showed circulation pathways were a much more literal interpretation of the river concept with flowing curved edges and pier like structures extending over them. The essence of the design remained essentially enact through construction. Consultants. © Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture.

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Woven Designs L Shape Vacation Home Vertes Retreat

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Thankfully, Jenkins Construction (the General Contractor), owner and designers resolved to continue with all aspects of the project as efficiently as possible. How did the context of your project — environmental, social or cultural — influence your design? Structural coordination on the project was significant.

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

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di’velept design. Project Design Team. Consultants. HW Engineering (Structural). What type of fee structure did you use on this project? Is that your preferred fee structure? 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.

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