Designing and constructing a building is a team activity. The owner, architect and builder come together to do a project, collaborating to produce a unique result. As the project unfolds, there are hundreds of individual design decisions to be made. Conditions change; work is modified. A strong relationship between the owner and the [...]
Do I need an Architect? Have you already made your design decisions? Do you need design input into your project? Or are you really only looking for someone to “draw it up”? If so, you would probably start with a draftsman. If there are design decisions yet to be made you should speak [...]
Why are so many houses exactly the same? When I first moved to Australia from the USA where I grew up, I was surprised to find vernacular architecture (the everyday houses and buildings around us) to be so uniform and uninventive. It seems that the face brick home with a tiled roof has [...]
