Why engage Christopher as your architect?
Christopher Applies a Broad Range of Experience.
Architects are creative problem solvers trained to translate your desires, wants, and needs into three-dimensional spaces. Christopher’s 30+ years of industry experience have taught him that almost all building projects, no matter how simple or small, contain issues in need of solutions. Most of this work involves two-dimensional drawings and documentation, requiring visualization and incurred knowledge to find three-dimensional resolutions to multi-dimensional constraints. Christopher knows that your home is a valuable asset and approaches every residence with a process-oriented mindset and the skills necessary to turn sophisticated designs into elegant dwellings.
Residential architecture is far more complex than any TV show or YouTube channel can portray. Do-it-yourself attitudes and inexperienced designers or contractors can result in homes that fail to meet expectations, lack functionality, and lose sight of your end goals. Christopher acts as both a disciplined architect and a guide who can help you navigate through the maze of building codes, zoning ordinances, inspectors’ requirements, contractors’ questions, and ill-conceived designs. He has the education, training, experience, and vision to guide you through the entire design and construction process, from helping you define what to build to get the most out of your budget. The building process is often described as a three-legged stool (owner, architect, and builder). Remove one leg and the stool falls over. With Christopher as your architect, you have an advocate who will ensure the stability of the overall team, keeping everyone focused on the common goal: bringing your ideas to life.
Christopher Has an Honest Rapport.
He helps clients understand their current surroundings and how his practical perspective can transform the existing setting into a new environment. His reputation is built on the relationships he’s developed with the people who live in the many spaces he’s designed. Christopher approaches every project with a pragmatic mindset, knowing that creating a beautiful space is a portion of a designer’s job. The much greater portion is about functionality. He will help you find solutions to your needs, provide alternatives and options you may not have considered, and collaborate with the many people involved in your project. The architect is the one person you will hire during the process of completing your project whose purpose is to advise and protect your interests. As a client, you will be Christopher’s main priority.
Christopher Assists By Minimizing Unnecessary Costs and Maximizing Potential Gains.
Christopher’s connections and industry knowledge can help you prevent costs and avoid mistakes that you may encounter with a less experienced designer or contractor. Well-conceived, properly documented projects can be built more economically and easily. It’s vital that you and Christopher sync your efficient ideas and proper solutions before the construction process begins. This will make the process smoother and help you avoid the costs of altering a project after construction has started. Projects ill-conceived to start often get torn down at a later date and reconstructed.
Also, good design sells! Even if you are not in the business of selling your home today, you may want to someday. Well-designed homes have higher resale values and sell more quickly. The marriage of beauty and functionality helps boost a home’s actual value and will bring ease to the selling process.
Here are the scope of Christopher’s services and the phases of his design process.
Why engage Christopher as your architect?
Christopher Applies a Broad Range of Experience.
Architects are creative problem solvers trained to translate your desires, wants, and needs into three-dimensional spaces. Christopher’s 30+ years of industry experience have taught him that almost all building projects, no matter how simple or small, contain issues in need of solutions. Most of this work involves two-dimensional drawings and documentation, requiring visualization and incurred knowledge to find three-dimensional resolutions to multi-dimensional constraints. Christopher knows that your home is a valuable asset and approaches every residence with a process-oriented mindset and the skills necessary to turn sophisticated designs into elegant dwellings.
Residential architecture is far more complex than any TV show or YouTube channel can portray. Do-it-yourself attitudes and inexperienced designers or contractors can result in homes that fail to meet expectations, lack functionality, and lose sight of your end goals. Christopher acts as both a disciplined architect and a guide who can help you navigate through the maze of building codes, zoning ordinances, inspectors’ requirements, contractors’ questions, and ill-conceived designs. He has the education, training, experience, and vision to guide you through the entire design and construction process, from helping you define what to build to get the most out of your budget. The building process is often described as a three-legged stool (owner, architect, and builder). Remove one leg and the stool falls over. With Christopher as your architect, you have an advocate who will ensure the stability of the overall team, keeping everyone focused on the common goal: bringing your ideas to life.
Christopher Has an Honest Rapport.
He helps clients understand their current surroundings and how his practical perspective can transform the existing setting into a new environment. His reputation is built on the relationships he’s developed with the people who live in the many spaces he’s designed. Christopher approaches every project with a pragmatic mindset, knowing that creating a beautiful space is a portion of a designer’s job. The much greater portion is about functionality. He will help you find solutions to your needs, provide alternatives and options you may not have considered, and collaborate with the many people involved in your project. The architect is the one person you will hire during the process of completing your project whose purpose is to advise and protect your interests. As a client, you will be Christopher’s main priority.
Christopher Assists By Minimizing Unnecessary Costs and Maximizing Potential Gains.
Christopher’s connections and industry knowledge can help you prevent costs and avoid mistakes that you may encounter with a less experienced designer or contractor. Well-conceived, properly documented projects can be built more economically and easily. It’s vital that you and Christopher sync your efficient ideas and proper solutions before the construction process begins. This will make the process smoother and help you avoid the costs of altering a project after construction has started. Projects ill-conceived to start often get torn down at a later date and reconstructed.
Also, good design sells! Even if you are not in the business of selling your home today, you may want to someday. Well-designed homes have higher resale values and sell more quickly. The marriage of beauty and functionality helps boost a home’s actual value and will bring ease to the selling process.
Here are the scope of Christopher’s services and the phases of his design process.