looking for contemporary architects
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Mark McInturff designed a home for our friends, and it’s absolutely stunning. |
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Just curious how much is the architect fee? |
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Becker-Linn Design:
https://bld.us/ |
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| Ballard-Mensua would be happy to have contemporary work. Fewer locals are interested in that style than other styles. |
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Architect's fees, along with engineers and other expenditures BEFORE construction, are called "soft costs" and should range in the 12-18% of final construction cost. Depending on the services included, the architect alone should charge 8%-12% of the anticipated construction cost. Beware though that different architects charge differently. Some will charge a clean percentage of the construction cost, others will charge hourly and others will charge a flat fee for different package services. I am one of those that charge a flat fee broken down per design phases. The fees are based on the complexity and size of the project compared to similar projects done in 2 years. Still, if you plan to hire an architect, their fee will represent a percentage of the construction cost of the project. I hope this clarifies! ileana schinder |
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Architect's fees, along with engineers and other expenditures BEFORE construction, are called "soft costs" and should range in the 12-18% of final construction cost. Depending on the services included, the architect alone should charge 8%-12% of the anticipated construction cost. Beware though that different architects charge differently. Some will charge a clean percentage of the construction cost, others will charge hourly and others will charge a flat fee for different package services. I am one of those that charge a flat fee broken down per design phases. The fees are based on the complexity and size of the project compared to similar projects done in 2 years. Still, if you plan to hire an architect, their fee will represent a percentage of the construction cost of the project. I hope this clarifies! ileana schinder |
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"Some will charge a clean percentage of the construction cost."
There's really nothing clean about it. First, it incentivizes the architect to make the project expensive rather than inexpensive. Second, on a complex project, the "construction cost" isn't necessarily a simple, single thing. For example, designing kitchens is usually done by a kitchen designer. Does the architect get a piece of that, even though he had nothing to do with that? If you decide to upgrade the cabinets does the architect get a bonus? What about the appliances? The reason I'm pointing these out is that they create built-in conflicts. Construction is expensive and stressful enough when everything goes perfectly, you don't want to be creating unnecessary conflicts. Flat fee or hourly is the way to go. |
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Studio bower
https://www.studio-bower.com/ |