The advent of the personal computer and computer aided drafting software has made the old fashioned way of producing drawings, namely with a pen or pencil on paper, unusual. It’s true that there are some architects and architectural practices out there that still prepare plans this way but it’s been a long time since I did, and certainly my younger staff never have. A client loaned us a drawing that he had been given of his house that had been produced for the builder when th

We give all of our clients 4 simple tips to have a higher chance of a successful, smoothly run project. Of course, this is not by any means a guarantee that all projects will go without any problems at all, these tips will just help you to avoid the unnecessary hiccups which happen all too often due to poor planning.  So our 4 tips to you are as follows: Tip #1 – Have a well thought out scheme. If you have carefully considered all aspects of your plans, and decided upon a fin

Architects and architectural firms do not always have a ‘smooth ride’ with the project on which they are working. Sometimes, architectural firms get given a a job for which they have no survey notes, which means no measurements for building features (such as where a particular window is, and how long a wall is, where abouts the doors are etc.). There are ways around this, but they may take a fair amount of time to find, and the particular method which we used only works if th