Tag / construction
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Scared of contractors? This will put things in Perspective
I am old-school when it comes to creating relationships…I believe in face to face meetings, making/receiving first impressions, possibly even hand shakes to decide whether I want to do business with the person or not. I know there will be many people who are rolling their eyes being in the age of just “googling” everything.…
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Can architecture represent who we are?
Living in Toronto, the cosmopolitan and diverse city, you encounter a variety of housing types: Victorian, Post-war, Brutalist, Condos, Condos, and Condos (wait, did I mention condos yet?). It’s almost so laughable because our housing these days does not reflect our environment, climate or lifestyle and values at all. What are the approaches to “physically”…
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To go by-law or to say simply, “bye, laws!”
All jokes and puns aside, city by-laws are a crucial part of any qualified designer’s career and certainly any negligence towards them can result in catastrophic consequences. It’s not always that, as a student, we get a chance to grasp what by-laws mean for us as soon to be designers. Afterall, school has certainly never…
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Commercial vs. Residential construction: why do you have to choose?
I run into MANY construction industry professionals. They can be at various events:-conference, continuing education seminars, or even through an introduction by someone I already knew. Although, there are many such events, I find them to be mostly not so helpful….Most of those chance meetings stay as typical networking events which mean to talk a little about…
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Architect’s Guide To Working On A Construction Budget
Often, when someone realizes I am an architect, their first reaction is to immediately ask me, “what’s your fee?” The budget is unavoidably the most frequently asked question asked of the architect: ‘Are there enough allocation of funds for the project?’ or ‘Are the expenses going to cover what I want in the end?’
