EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. They may be documented as formal systems or they may just be a general understanding of “how we do it here”. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Listen carefully.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 23, 2018

We can stretch beyond our zone of comfort, expressing our project objectives in jargon-free language. Are our documents consistent with client (and our) expectations? Doing so helps to defend the magnitude of the design contingency to permit detailed development of deferred project elements. Corner 3: Design Budget.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

Should non-architects be permitted to use the term “architect”? As individual small firm architects, we have more important tasks requiring our attention. The post Be Better appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. How would they compete? How is that fair?

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Before we start any project at Fivecat Studio , we spend a day documenting the existing conditions of the project site. Most of our projects are additions and alterations and we need a very accurate set of documents with which to base our designs.

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