Residential Architect Magazine: Clients

With Women in Mind: Tailoring the Customer Experience for Female Clients

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 01:51:35 EST

Communicating design ideas to female clients using the Woman-Centric Matters program to better understand what women want from their home remodel.

work on your welcome

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:43:29 EST

Do potential clients turn away before they reach your door?

architects talk back

Mon, 8 Mar 2010 03:04:20 EST

Readers react to November/December 2008 editorial, "What Plays in Peoria."

the question of style

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:25:23 EST

Matching up aesthetic ideals between client and architect has never been easier, thanks to Google. By checking out a firm's Web site, clients can tell at a glance whether they're on the same wavelength-and if not, no harm done. Homeowners have their pick of architects who are well-versed in their vision of paradise, whether it's an ivy-covered cottage or a vernacular post-and-beam house. However, even in the most compatible of professional relationships, differences of opinion crop up in the myriad decisions that go into designing a home.

the pitfalls of selling process, continued

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 05:19:32 EST

Are you best friends with the people you work with? It can happen, and it can be just great.

numbers game

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:53:42 EST

Our generation has become very adept at quantifying things. We “crunch the numbers” with great efficiency. But I believe we have too often lost sight of the bigger picture in doing so, ending up with undesirable results. The design of our homes, and the construction of them as well, is falling victim to this “efficiency.”

this story isn't about you

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:53:00 EST

Surely, the experienced and talented architect would have no problem succeeding at this fairly basic assignment.

too many choices

Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:24:53 EST

What was so good about the good old days? Maybe it was the simplicity that comes of having limited choices.

client commandments

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 12:55:38 EST

If I sense that a prospective client has a sense of humor, or is going to be “troublesome,” I'll give them a copy of the attached. I don't know whether it accomplishes anything in their minds, but at least I've deluded myself into thinking that my rear end is covered.