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Architectural Questions | How does the design process proceed? | Architecture

Designs usually develop with floor plans first. The existing floor plan is laid out on the site plan and the setbacks are added to reveal the build-able footprint of the house. Within this foot print the new spaces are laid out. I often start with one plan but if there are clear options that have equal merit I may present two or more alternate plans. T…

Architectural Questions | What is the first step in the design process?

The first step is to create drawings of the existing conditions. Sometimes these are available but most times it requires field measuring. For an average house of 2,000 square feet or less I'll spend about four hours measuring on site and about four hours entering the information into my drawing program. Then I'll save a copy of the drawing (CAD) file…

Architectural Questions | How do I get started working with you ?

I work with two distinctly different kinds of clients, industry pros (contractors, developers and people who have worked with architects many times before) and people who may be doing their first construction project. With the industry pros I generally start and proceed quickly because time is money and there are usually well defined project objectives an…

5 Architecure Related Questions | San Francisco, California

To start off our CityScoop column we’re publishing a short series on 5 common questions that we get. Over the next few weeks we’ll be answering each of these questions below in detail. When we’re finished we’re going to build a FAQ page and add them to the page. Over the course of the year we’ll be building out our FAQ page to help provide the answers you…

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