
What You Need to Tell Your Architect
Giving Expression to Your Institution's Mission Generally speaking, all architects begin the process of creating a building by reviewing the material presented to them by the owner. They carefully break down the programmatic requirements, study existing conditions drawings, meet with the client and visit the site. Exactly how they “design” – that is develop a plan and create a physical object that has visual coherence and impact – can take one of two paths. They can “interpr