Architects…the blueprint maker…

First, learn what an architect is. Look it up…there are degrees of architects from one who can draw, to one that is full blown professional….they are not the same, but they go by the same job title…

From Wiki “According to the 2020 NCARB by the Numbers, the average licensure candidate who completed their final core requirement for licensure in 2019—including education, experience, and examination—took 12.7 years.”

So, a REAL architect, would be about 30 years old, before they passed the final… the  time & level of a board certified medical doctor.

So what happens to the ones, that fall thru the cracks, that do not complete this huge process… but still work as an architect… they just have to have their work signed off by an engineer or a true Architect…watch for this in picking one. Look on their blueprints… any AIA there?.. well there’s a clue.

So, question if your guy really IS an architect….at what level. Sure it is insulting to ask the guy… or you can google him… but don’t assume.

Visit theoffice…see that he can actually DO things…not show you picture of stuff he did…but actually see him work his computer….He might have kids do the computer work, and he is just a director… …”ah, the younger kids know how to do the software so much better… I just like drawing on paper etc”…is a huge RED flag… if an old house frau like me can make great 3D pics… surely if this is his life’s work….why not?

You cannot SEE things in 2D drawings, or fake computer hacks of a 3D drawing…with fake sketchy lines… it only takes 2 clicks to make fake sketchy lines….but it sure makes the drawing look official, artistic, glamourous..!   And if there is a lot of trees and shrubbery….ah…another tell, that effort is going into flash, not reality…

Then…. Find out if he keeps his deadlines….

Mine had a 1 month deadline that ended up being 16 months….

PUT LETTER HERE..

That is how I got so good at 3D drawing… I had plenty of time, waiting for him to do his revisions…. Je regrette!  I was beyond rage and crazy…but I also got very good at 3D drawing.

Blue prints…changes are exhausting, frustrating, and expensive.

So do your 3D first,

paying for the 3D drawing is way cheaper and more satisfying than fixing errors during the build.

I would be so excited to get my blueprints back from my “architect”, and begin to draw up my 3D and see all the surprises he added or deleted to my EXPLICIT drawings…  His goals is to draw the house… get paid, and then draw the next house.  My goal was a forever house, with no errors, great sightlines, precise symmetry…  all within an inch or two of precision…especially in complicated full Bathrooms, where tubs, doors, and space is most demanding.