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Selecting the right architect for your project can be a daunting task. It is paramount to hire the right architect for the job, since you will be working hand in hand through the duration of the project, and the designs that your architect draws will affect you for the life of the building or the duration of your use of it.

1. Local Companies

2. What Does an Architect Do?

3. What Should I Hire an Architect For?

4. When Should I Start Looking For an Architect?

5. Featured Local Company

1 . Local Companies

Architectural Associates Ltd
(262) 886-1700
5801 Washington Ave
Racine, WI

Caledonia Business Park
(262) 681-0676
4820 6 Mile Rd
Racine, WI

Christensen Richard P Aia Archt
(262) 637-6100
2200 Northwestern Ave
Racine, WI

Arc Architectural Group Llc
(262) 637-6100
2200 Northwestern Ave Ste 10
Racine, WI

Rice Chas A Aia
(262) 632-1124
1705 Wisconsin Ave
Racine, WI

Nielsen Building Systems Inc
(262) 681-0676
4820 6 Mile Rd
Racine, WI

Butterfield Rudie & Seitz
(262) 634-5565
920 Goold St
Racine, WI

Genesis Architecture
(262) 752-1894
4061 N Main St
Racine, WI

Russell E Lafrombois Architects
(414) 727-1141
229 E Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI

Kloiber & Assoc Architect
(920) 435-6363
389 Welhouse Dr
Kimberly, WI

2 . What Does an Architect Do?

Often what architects do seems to be a mystery. What the public sees is that an architect pulls ideas straight out of their head, draws them, and then a building pops up according to their specifications. But in reality, an architect’s job is much more complicated than that. An architect must understand the purpose for the building, and must be able to see all the uses and problems to be able to design a functional building. In order for this to happen effectively, the architect and the client must be communicating their needs clearly to each other. The client must be able to give his or her vision to the architect, so he or she can then design a building that will live up to the client’s expectations.

3 . What Should I Hire an Architect For?

The answer to this question is based on your individual needs, experience, and confidence in your own design and building abilities. Certainly, few people would aspire to design and construct a full-scale office building, but it is common for individual homeowners to manage remodeling and small add-ons. It is important to understand that even the smallest project can be intensely complicated. For instance, if remodeling a room in your home-involved alteration of a structural wall, then it might be risky to attempt without at least consulting an architect on the best way to approach the project.

In many cases, the only obvious aspect of the project is the current problem that the project is to rectify. For instance, perhaps your office is too small and needs additional storage space, but you have no land on which to build an add on, etc. An architect can help you form a solution to your problem.

4 . When Should I Start Looking For an Architect?

The short answer is simple – as soon as possible! As mentioned above, an architect can be helpful, as soon as you have identified the problem to be fixed. Depending on your specific needs, the architect may be able to help by doing site studies, work to secure zoning and planning approvals, as well as many other items that should occur before the design is even formed!

It is important to realize that a construction project, especially a new construction, can take years to complete. It is not uncommon for two years to pass from the time one decides that construction is necessary until the ground breaking. Approvals must be obtained, designs must be drawn, land must be scoped, etc. Most architects are familiar with the pre-construction process and will help you reach the groundbreaking phase quicker, if you hire them right at the start of the project.

5 . Featured Local Company

McCormack & Etten Archites, LLP

M+E offers the full range of architectural services, and will tailor those services as needed for a any project.

262-248-8491 x10
400 Broad Street
Lake Geneva, WI
http://www.mccormacketten.com/index.html

McCormack + Etten / Architects, LLP, is a service-oriented architectural firm in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin with a diverse clientele in the Southern Wisconsin / Northern Illinois region, as well as Texas, Florida, and Colorado.With over 60 years of combined practice in architecture, its partners offer a firm that is seasoned in a variety of project types including its specialty of high-end custom single family, multi-family, municipal buildings, schools, churches, retail, recreational, low to mid-rise office, banks, light industrial, and historic preservation/ adaptive re-use. The firm offers a traditional range of architectural services as well as land-planning, feasibility studies, needs assessment, facilities management, interiors, space planning, and both traditional and 3D computer rendering.

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