Life of an Architect

MARCH 3, 2019

How do you make sense of the options, which method works best for you, and how do you provide a method that suits the needs of both the architect and their clients. The main reason this format is used is when the scope of the work is not very comprehensive, unknown, or we have an existing client who prefers this method of billing.

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Architecture Client Clients Construction 88

Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

Its framework is fully demountable and was built by construction contractor Fiction Factory using wood sourced from scrapyards and sawmills in the area. Client: Municipalities of Almere & Amsterdam. Construction and urban mining: Fiction Factory. There are six gardens inside. The photography is by Jorn van Eck.

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Nature Mining Masterplanning Materials 105

Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

To my bewilderment, when I arrived, Michael waited a whole ten minutes before assigning me the task of driving out, by myself, to meet a new client at her house and conduct an exhaustive series of measurements from which I would generate as-built drawings in Revit.

Architecture 101

Architecture Small Firm Firms Students 101

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Including mine. Sounds harsh (even as I write it I know what it sounds like) but in a firm like mine, communication skills are important and how you write your cover letter and assemble your resume tell me a lot about you and how you think. …more on that towards the end.

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Mining Client Clients Management 94

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The project that I decided to highlight was the first project that I can claim 100% responsibility for – design, client communication, construction drawings, and construction administration. The quality of contractor we typically were able to work with was extremely high. It must be a lot. It isn’t.

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Project Design Glass Contractor 111

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

Rarely does our office take on a project where the clients want to cut out the construction administration portion of our jobs. This is the time when the clients get to see the house evolve and come to life – sometimes it becomes apparent that they might not have understood the drawings as thoroughly as was believed.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

I personally looked at it as character building and preparing us for that bad client. I also witnessed a couple of bad clients, too. ” The designer tried to defend it, but the client followed up, “Don’t defend it, just go back and start over. It sucks” FYI, he lost the project. And I am my worst critic.

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Architect Architecture Students Mining 106

Life of an Architect

JANUARY 19, 2014

I have only designed a true wet bar into one of my projects twice in the last 12 years, but after living with mine for the last 5 years, I think they should make a comeback. I generally work on high-end residential properties and this is the brand that my clients select – repeatedly. The rest … meh.

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Architect Client Clients Housing 109

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

This was a quick plan study that I prepared so that I could show the client how we could add another bedroom to this one area of the house. Since I will run copies of the sketches I make for the client, I like to use a red colored pencil to shade in the walls. or like that? or any additions to this?

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Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

e-architect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Being his own client offered Philip the opportunity to push boundaries – combining wisdom earned designing houses with SAOTA over the years with something a bit more whimsical and experimental. The timing, however, was perfect. “We We needed a more spacious home for my family when the children got into their teenage years,” he says.

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Housing Finishes Exterior Landscape 99

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

A mentor of mine once told me, “Reinvent the wheel on your own time.” If it isn’t labeled, how would the contractor know what it is?” ” Liz O’Sullivan “How would the contractor know what it is?” The end user of our work is the contractor. ” and “Is it intuitive?

Architect 111

Architect Architecture Firms IT 111

e-architect

APRIL 5, 2023

It is the source of the region’s abundant mineral resources, and several major settlements were established along its length to engage in mining and forestry. One such settlement is the City of Rouyn-Noranda. Based in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, ARTCAD works mainly north of the 48th parallel in administrative regions 08 and 10.

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Mining Firms Real Estate Exterior 51

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

far we have Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer and today its an architectural photographer. Today’s bag belongs to Matthew Carbone - a friend of mine who divides his time between New York City and Columbus, Ohio. If I wasn’t shooting two client projects, I might just take this kit.

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Architect Client Clients Students 83

Life of an Architect

JUNE 5, 2017

The modern cabin I have been working on for the last two years has arrived at that moment when the contractors have pulled all their equipment off site in preparation for the Owners to take possession. While I returned back to Dallas on Saturday, they are still there to coordinate some final moving parts. Pretty sweet gig if you ask me.

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Modern Windows Mining Exterior 72

The Architecture Designs

JUNE 17, 2022

Most people would say that having a real-property business is a gold mine, as you do not have much to do in the way of effort and involvement, you just need to collect the rental fee on a monthly or quarterly, or an annual basis and as long as you have tenants then you will be able to reap profits from it.

Management 59

Management Firms Real Estate Mining 59

Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

a different sort of teaching sketch … this one’s for the contractor Hashtags used: #sketch. I constantly find myself sketching just to understand ideas, forms, and various concepts and my firm looks to me a lot to prepare and execute sketch renderings for clients and projects. Hashtags used: none. The Lantern House -.

Sketching 101

Sketching Architect Events Concept 101

EntreArchitect

JULY 1, 2014

We’re all fairly adept at providing good design for our clients and successfully presenting to them. Mine is assembled in a Word document, and is laid out as a narrow column that fits a half-width of my standard NCS sheet module. I point it out to the contractors at the pre-bid meeting to be sure they’re aware of it.

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Architecture Contractor Finishes Utilities 52

Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

In order to reach all points on the site without damaging the trees, the contractor had to use a concrete pump truck with a giant arm on it. The only saving grace, as all the concrete guys were laughing, was that the contractor was standing right next to me and got covered as well. That’s called “doing your job.”

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Foundation Architect Sketching Contract 110

e-architect

AUGUST 7, 2023

Architect: The Miller Hull Partnership General Contractor: BNBuilders Civil & Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers Landscape Architect: Osborn Consulting, Inc. Mech/Plumb Design: P2S Inc.

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Mining Real Estate Engineering Engineering 40

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

He is an old friend of mine, and he was the one who commissioned the Tables for a Restaurant. RC furniture: I.D.Works Client: Motonori Hirata Site area: 914.69 The project is a residence/restaurant for a French restaurant owner. I was asked to design a building as “heavy” as possible. “I m2 Building area: 270.72 m2 Construction: 2022.3

Housing 52

Housing Structural Engineering Glass Mining 52

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

So far, this project and the client have been terrific. This is something that is particularly important to me because I think that if our drawings look like we took the time to craft their appearance, the contractors know that they need to take time to pay attention to what we drew. link] Bob Borson Probably not. Very fine design.

Modern 91

Modern Architect Permits Construction 91

Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The classical triad says, to create a good Solution, one needs a Consultant, an executing agency and mainly a Sponsor/Client!; maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that! Even the worst project/teacher/client I ever had taught me something. Mine deserved a ribbon [link] Bridget Willard HA! ” what?

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IT Art Architect Architecture 111

Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

While it might take several architects to move these panels into place ( see the second to last bullet point ), normally just two regular contractors can move them around just fine. You know how you can tell these guys are contractors? A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

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Structure Building Architect Construction 105

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Out of all these houses, probably 99% of them have been for actual clients and not for the speculative home building market – and I’m fairly glad that’s the case because as much as I like to design awesome projects, I generally prefer awesome clients. link] Bob Borson I would tend to agree.

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Home Architect Client Clients 88

30X40 Design Workshop

JULY 11, 2022

I’ve also been using it to record memos as I’m walking through a space and, because the videos can be recomposed later in post, I use it to view areas I may have missed during my visit or export them to send to the client for discussion and general progress updates. Solar Battery Bank - huge capacity (10 charges for iPhone, 3.6

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Architect Mining Site Sketching 52

Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

It also helps me know which rolls of trace paper in the office are mine. I’ve come to believe that if you can sketch well enough to convey your ideas, our clients are the real winners. It is very common to produce a quick sketch to convey an idea or thought, or solution, to a client, contractor, consultant, or co-worker.

Sketching 111

Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

e-architect

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Prime contractor: Architectural team / encore heureux architectes + construire. Encore Heureux has delivered several cultural and innovative facilities for public, private, or nonprofit clients, where questions of use and comfort were fundamental concerns. Design: Encore Heureux Architectes, Construire and Base. – [link].

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Consulting Renovation Mining Innovation 52

Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

I also am designing a house for my husband and I – he is my worst client (LOL). By the time the house was mine, I already had plans for a major renovation in 6 phases. I did show the 3D model to my wife and I could tell that she would still rather have the regular “contractor can price this out” sort of drawings.

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Architect Sketching IT Housing 97

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Here it is – an unfolded 11″x17″ piece of paper … if your office is anything like mine, you have thousands of these laying about your space. I can, however, spin my pens around my thumb in a way that hypnotizes children and contractors [link] Lee Calisti, AIA You are revealing our Jedi secrets.

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Architect Architecture Technique Deconstruction 105

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Since the projects I work on aren’t for me, I need to be able to separate out what I personally like and what the client wants. link] omar bangun rumah I’m a contractor, I work with many architect…love the way architect think and creativity…best regards from Indonesia Emily I am really happy I read this post.

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Architect Education Architecture Students 112

EntreArchitect

JUNE 26, 2018

This is episode 225 and this week my friend Cavin Costello is back from The Ranch Mine and he’s back to talk about Growing Beyond the Sole Practitioner. This is episode 225 and so it’s been awhile since you’ve been here, so I’d love for you to, share what’s going on with you and The Ranch Mine.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount that you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? What I would do is I tell the client, well, the way I will invoice you, it’s $10,000 a month. And all of the stuff that goes along with that doesn’t matter to the client.

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Small Firm Firms Project Architect 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 12, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? I think we all have our things and things we deal with in that happens to be mine. I was living in Cambridge, Mass at the time, so I went to work as a carpentry contractor. Start Transcript.

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Building Housing Small Firm Residential 40

EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? I was just thrown into managing my own little projects right out of school and I was expected to communicate directly with clients and do all the CDs for my projects and negotiate contracts with the contractors.

Design 40

Design Small Firm Firms Architecture School 40

EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

So we’ve avoided that, I think by having direct and really personal relationships with all of our clients and a fairly diverse practice that you know, is probably more than half residential. The same goes for tracking time, managing expenses, collaborating with contractors, and viewing financial reports.

Architecture 52

Architecture Architect Small Firm Firms 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

And in addition to practicing architecture, Marilyn has worked as a construction project manager or contractor and an estimator. The same goes for tracking time, managing expenses, collaborating with contractors and viewing financial reports. Marilyn is an architect and founding principle of run studios based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Small Firm Firms IT Architect 40

e-architect

APRIL 18, 2023

This relationship is most effective when the architect listens and understands the client’s needs and vice versa to translate into the final design. What was unique about this design and ultimate build was that the clients came to Pedersen Architecture with an interior design and construction background.

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Housing Mining Real Estate Contractor 58