Building a home, as opposed to acquiring one already built, is really an aspiration to manifest a personality and choose a way of life. As partners in realizing this dream, an architect’s role combines fastidiousness with flair. Simply put, architects are responsible for planning the investment of budgeted resources, creating a tangible asset with the implication of structural integrity, safety and health. They are also responsible for ensuring that the building is in accordance with the legal obligations to the local community as governed by its development bye-laws. To ensure architects fulfill these two commitments effectively and honourably, they adhere to a professional code of conduct and a legal licence overseen by the Council of Architecture, a statutory body empowered by an act of Parliament. While the tangible result of an architect’s efforts is an edifice, the intangible creation is a substructure to a way of life and an articulation of your aspirations. To do justice to this aspect of the work, their creative practice is akin to an artisan’s craft. And although they are guided by the knowledge of spaces, context and aesthetics, the process is essentially informed by listening to you. Therefore the more forearmed, inquisitive and communicative you are, the closer an architect can get to realizing your vision.
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