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Completed Project
Every home and every process that creates a home is one-of-a-kind. It is this variety and uniqueness that makes the home custom for its site and owner, and that makes the creative process challenging and exciting. We find that there are several hallmarks to a successful project. The first is successfully striking the right balance between project budget, project size, and appropriate project quality. These three aspects are interrelated and form a healthy tension. Part of the architect's role is to help the clients discover a comfortable balance point for these three factors. Secondly, the aesthetics and usefulness are certainly fundamental reasons that one uses an architect. Thus, success in these two areas also carries great weight in measuring success. Ultimately though, the success of a project is most defined by the relationships forged during the collaborative process. At McConnell and Ewing, we strive for excellence in what we do and who we are. Yet we have a saying around here that "people are more important than the project". Said in another way, the architecture is a creative process inspired by the clients unique ideas rather than any preconceived ideals. So we place a high value on all of those people involved in a project, and our experience is that the projects that seem most successful are ones where everyone shares and senses this mutual value. |
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