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Before You Design

Needs, priorities, investment and the decisions that should be defined before solutions take form. The questions that come before an architect starts drawing.

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  1. UnderstandBefore You Buy
  2. DefineBefore You Design
  3. Experience placeDefining Place
  4. DesignArchitecture
  5. BuildBuilding
  1. 01

    Renovate, Add On, Rebuild — or Move?

    Renovate, add on, rebuild or move are four possible answers, not the question. What to settle before comparing them.

  2. 02

    What Should a Custom Home Be Designed Around?

    A custom home begins with a way of living, not a list of rooms. The questions that describe the life a home should hold.

  3. 03

    Why Should a Project Budget Exist Before Design Begins?

    Why the project budget, and not only the construction budget, needs to be understood before design begins.

  4. 04

    How Do You Know What You Actually Need in a House?

    Why we need an open floor plan is often an assumed solution, and a simple way to find the need underneath it.

  5. 05

    What Should Be Defined Before Design Begins?

    Definition can be the first reason to engage an architect. The five conditions to understand before design begins.

  6. 06

    What Happens When Everything in Your Project Feels Important?

    A project without priorities has a list, not a brief. How to decide what matters most when good things compete.

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