So, you’ve decided to build a house and you’ve found an Architect that has created a design vision so lovely that it will see you into your old age (or young age, where ever you may be in life). Now what? Do you go out and search for a General Contractor (GC) to bring that vision to reality, or did you hire an Architect that is also a GC? That is the difference between Design-Build (D/B) and Design-Bid-Build (D/B/B). If you chose the former, then you will need to obtain multiple bids from GCs, choose one, and have them go back and forth with your Architect to align on project scope, budget & constructability.
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Design, art, and architecture are central to Suzanne Zahr's firm Keith Imper, from the local arts organization Mercer Island Center for the Arts (MICA), sat down with Suzanne Zahr to talk about her Architect-led Design-Build firm, and they discussed several key aspects about this intersection of disciplines.
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