Benefits of DIY-
■ Have control over the timing, cost and schedules
■ Can stop the job when you run out of money
■ Satisfying to work on your own home
■ Learn new skills
■ Can save up to 30 per cent of costs
Drawbacks of DIY-
■ Can injure yourself
■ Can be expensive to buy tools and protective equipment
■ Can [...]
Category Archives: Residential Architecture
DIY vs Builders
Residential Construction On the Rise in the US
November 2009
The United States saw a jump in new home construction. November saw an increase of 8.9 percent and was steady throughout the country. New building permit numbers were also up by 6 percent. The US government will give the construction industry a total of $130 billion out of the $789 billion stimulus package out [...]
Residential Architecture
Residential Architecture: Help With Designing Your Vacation Home
It doesn’t matter if you’re building your dream home or adding on to your current home. You should look into getting a residential architecture firm to help you. They can help bring your dreams, ideas and visions to reality. Residential architecture firms have architects that [...]
How to Select an Architect
Considering an Architect?
If you have been pondering whether or not your build should involve an architect you have came to the right place. Picking an architect is an important decision and an important one at that.
Your project should last for a lifetime and can be a center for many generations of memories. In the Brainerd [...]
Architect Reinvention 2009 – Seattle, WA
Registration is now open for residential architect’s Reinvention 2009 is now open. This will be the sixth annual Reinvention Symposium, “The New, New Reality: Expanding the Architect’s Role Through Outreach, Innovation, & Collaboration,” is Sept. 14-16, 2009, the Fairmont Olympic Hotel in Seattle. See reinventionconf.com for more information
