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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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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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Singapore’s new Science Centre by Zaha Hadid Architects

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Location: Jurong Lake District, Singapore Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) Design: Patrik Schumacher ZHA Project Directors: Michele Pasca Di Magliano, Maurizio Meossi ZHA Project Associate: Cristina Capanna ZHA Project Team (Design Development Stage): Benedetta Cavaliere, Damir Alispahic, Didem Sahin, Flavia Santos, Gabriele De Giovanni, Gizem (..)

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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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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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Eleftheria Square, Nicosia Cyprus

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Design: Zaha Hadid, Patrik Schumacher, Christos Passas. ZHA Competition team: Christos Passas (Design Director), Saffet Bekiroglu, Viviana Muscettola, Michele Pasca di Magliano, Daniel Fiser, Ceyhun Baskin, Inanc Eray. ZHA Schematic Design Team: Stella Nikolakaki (Design Lead), Sevil Yazici (Design Lead), Sylvia.

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Leach Botanical Garden, Portland, Oregon

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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.