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Why You Should Work With a Pro Landscape Designer

Today, we’re going to review all of the benefits you get from working with a professional landscape designer.

What Do you Get from a Great Landscape Designer?

Trimming hedges and mowing lawns is a noble profession, but a landscape designer transforms your property into a showcase. If you are starti...

Here’s How Much Money Interior Designers Make In Every State

Find out in which states interior designers earn the most money and where they earn the least.

What Is the Difference Between Drafting & Architecture?

Drafting and architecture are both essential parts of building design and construction, but they are definitely not one and the same. These two equally necessary parts of the process are usually done by different people and the two jobs, although they cross paths regularly, involve many different skills and ...

What to Look for Before Hiring a Contractor

Learn about the right questions to ask when hiring a contractor and important things to look for before starting a project.

How to Encourage Collaboration through Space

Make it multi-functional. Teams like to collaborate in different ways on different days. Moveable seating, desks, and scalable furniture allow for different purposes, formal or informal. Flexible furniture is a cost effective alternative for companies that cannot do a series of conference or huddle rooms.

Earles Architects and Associates’ Top 5 Things Tech Companies Want in Their Space

Branding—can take the form of a unique door entrance or a bold show of the company name or logo in the reception area. It’s important to have consistent branding throughout the space through color, items, artwork and more. Using design to showcase your products and services to visitors sets your company apart.

10 Architects That Forgot How To Architect

The fail — it's... it's everywhere! Most architects know that great software can mean a world of difference, so check out all the amazing things you can create with Autodesk’s free educational software. It’s free.

Amazing Things Architects Make When They Aren’t Architecting

Do Architects Draw Too Much?

Do architects draw too much? The amount of documentation that is going into our residential sets grows with every project, and I think it's a problem.

A guide to understanding architect lingo

Find out what a bumwad is, and why architects will ask you about your program.

Why Architects Don’t Get It

Contrary to popular belief, green building has not become mainstream-or even well understood.

How To Hire an Architect

This post originally appeared on tBL member SCGWest's blog and is republished with permission. Find out how to syndicate your content with theBrokerList. Hiring an architect for your project isn’t as simple as googling “architects near me” and just picking one. Think about how important it is for your business to operate as smoothly and […]

How to Become an Architect

Once again we return to the "So You Want My Job" series. Find out about what it takes to become an architect.

Should I be an Architect?

The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. The tone of the questions I receive have shifted from “Should I become an Architect?” to “Why should I becom…

Why architects must push for disaster preparedness

In this era of relentless natural hazards, what can architects do to help themselves and their communities?

So, You Want to Be an Architect?

The NewSchool of Architecture & Design weighs in on how you should start building your portfolio now.

An Architect's Guide To: Stone Cladding

Naturally occurring and highly durable, stone has been a staple of building materials since the beginning of time.

How to Read Architect's Drawings

The first requirement in constructing a building project is to understand architectural drawings, which are also called blueprints, or plans. If you want to know how to read these drawings and understand exactly what they mean, just follow...