Should architects work for free?

by | Aug 19, 2014 | General

Recently a numbers of architects (Mark Stephens and Paul McNally) have written about the need for architects to avoid doing work for free. The confusing part for me was how is an architect/designer supposed to get new projects and clients if they are going to charge...

Developing an architectural brief?

by | Jul 29, 2014 | General

In my last post I walked through the various stages of the process for my own house build. In this post I’m going to examine the first two stages in detail and propose a new ‘Developing an Architectural Brief’ process which should improve the quality...

Design Build process for self-build project?

by | Jul 23, 2014 | General

Following on from my last post, this week I want to walk through the design build process as used on my project and to explore some of the lessons learned. When you decide to build your own house or even to extend an existing property most people employ either an...

Getting started

by | Jul 4, 2014 | General

After a long time of saying that I should start a blog, I’ve taken the ‘leap of faith’ and am getting started with my first blog. So why should you take time out of your busy schedule to read this blog and what is it’s purpose. Good questions...