S1E20 - Why an architect would say yes to a commission.
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Recently I was talking to my business coach and colleague in my business coaching group about some current trends in architectural practice. They both indicated that they had always thought architecture, realising a project with an architect was an undertaking only available for the select few. They are not unique in their thinking.
This compelled me to revisit the question "why work with an architect?" by discussing why an architect would say yes to a commission. Why would an architect want to work with a client?
This comes from a place of compassion, sympathy, empathy for potential clients to help them remove that predisposition or forgone conclusion that working with an architect is not for them. That an architect would not be interested in their project. That engaging an architect isn't warranted or justified.
We answer this question by looking at the three "goods" we are looking for when accepting or pursuing a commission.
In no order these are:
Good fee, good client, good project.
We like to have two of these ticked before signing a project. Ideally we have all three. Rarely do we say yes to a commission that only has one.
Today we look at the concept of a good fee and how it is linked to the overall undertaking - the time involved in realising a design response to the client's vision.
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