Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

I have asked him to guest write on my site several times without success, but I finally had a topic that suited him … Schematic Design and “Design in a Day” Douglas Burke (aka: architectrunnerguy) Lives in Annapolis, MD. That’s it for the client/owner. These are all completely unscripted. Forget that.

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Sketching Design Client Clients 97

Life of an Architect

AUGUST 17, 2014

It has long been a fantasy of mine to own a weekend cabin somewhere in the middle of nowhere … and by “nowhere” I mean somewhere between 1.5 days on site with my clients and other than some marathon work sessions, they kept to their holiday schedule. and 3 hours from Dallas. In all, I spent around 2.5

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Client Clients Schematic Design Mining 94

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. schematic design, design development, construction documentation, bidding and negotiation, and construction administration), or a cost per square foot of construction.

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Architecture Client Clients Construction 88

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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Architect Sketching Small Firm Client 101

Life of an Architect

JULY 11, 2016

They don’t all have blogs like mine where you can get a pretty good feeling for who I am and how I work. What are the steps in the design process? If someone tells you that you get three schematic design meetings, and if any more are required, there would be additional design fees, I would start asking some other questions.

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Architect Schematic Design Client Clients 75

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? Phase one of the of that project might be, let’s say schematic design and we’re going to say it’s gonna take three months and it’s going to be worth 30 percent.

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Small Firm Firms Project Architect 52