Ten Reasons to Hire an Architect
1. An Architect can help you create and focus your dream house into a built reality.
Architects see the big picture. A skilled architect can help you develop and integrate your list of requirements with the other complex factors to create a unique Arizona home just for you by prioritizing your needs.
2. An Architect is a licensed professional.
Architects are educated, trained, and tested in a large range of areas, including aesthetic design, ergonomics, sociology, ecology, law, building codes, construction materials and technology. This breadth of knowledge allows foresight when evaluating competing requirements and restrictions.
3. An Architect will solve your problems with creative, elegant solutions.
Architects are trained to make buildings both functional and beautiful. An architect will be able to show you alternatives that you might not have considered possible.
4. An Architect is trained in communication.
An architect has experience effectively communicating through written word, drawing, and verbally with the key members of the project including clients, contractors, engineers, and authorities in the manner best suited to the situation.
5. An Architect has experience.
Most architects consider architecture a passion more than a vocation. They draw on past experience. They are an integral part of the design/construction community with contacts in all the fields.
6. An Architect can make your life easier!
Architects can bring pictorial suggestions to the table and assist in decisions for space planning, materials, and finishes transforming your abstract ideas into a form you can visualize.
7. An Architect is cost effective.
A well-conceived, designed, and coordinated project is more economical. Changes made on paper in the design phase are much less expensive than those made during construction.
8. Architecture is a good investment.
Great design sells from consumer products to cities. A well designed home has a higher resale value.
9. An Architect can make your building project environmentally friendly.
Skilled architects work with the environment to create spaces that are sustainable and comply with ever demanding energy performance requirements.
10. An Architect can guide you through an entire project as your advocate.
An architect will be able to assist with every aspect of a project from choosing a site, city permitting, design review board submittals to construction administration. Whether you choose to start a project from the ground up or remodel an existing space, an architect will be able to help the project run smoothly during each stage avoiding disruptive surprises.
Publisher’s Note
By Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB, MRAIC
Arizona Residential Architects is a ground breaking community of design professionals. Our purpose is to support and inspire quality design work with the most influential and talented professionals and trades in our state.
Fifteen leading residential architectural firms in Arizona decided to form Arizona Residential Architects in the Fall of 2010 to foster relationships within the design community and promote exceptional work in a challenging economic market. The ARA members invited valued colleagues to join and network with the ARA architects. These industry partners included respected landscape architects, interior designers, builders, banking institutions, real estate professionals, craftsmen, and construction trades such as cabinetmakers, window and door manufacturers, and material suppliers.
The featured projects in ARA provide examples of how architects approach sites and client programs. We dig deep to come up with ideas and a direction for each particular challenge. Architects are trained to be environmentally and socially responsible.
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The ARA network promotes collaboration among those who share in the passion of designing and creating an inspiring, well-crafted home.
Estate and Business. 4 leading design build firms discussed their work and business models. They included Troy Vincent of 180 Degrees, Andy Byrnes of the Construction Zone, Eric Koss of Koss Design Build and Tony Calvis of Calvis Wyant. A full house of well over 50 realtors, designers, and other related professionals attended the event.
Nick Tsontakis AIA, NCARB, MRAIC is principal of Tsontakis Architecture. He has been in private practice since 1981. He is also director and publisher of ARA.
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Recently celebrating 25 years of business in custom residential architecture, both new build and renovations, as well as boutique commercial projects, Candelaria Design Associates takes their motto of inspiring living to heart. Through their creative ideas and thoughtful designs, Candelaria Design, and the man who started it all, Mark Candelaria, AIA, are truly an inspiration to clients and industry peers alike. Mark formed Candelaria Design Associates in 1999 with the belief that the architectural design process should be creative and fun, not tedious and uninspiring. Mark’s talent of sketching by hand and his expertise in spatial design earned him the prestigious title of Master of the Southwest in 2005 by Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine and numerous honors since.
Candelaria Design has been voted as the No. 1 Residential Architecture Firm in Arizona repeatedly by Arizona Business Magazine. Some of the firm’s most prestigious honors include the Pacific Coast Builders Gold Nugget Awards for custom homes over 6,500 sq. ., the first LEED-certified home in Paradise Valley, the first fully livable 3D-printed home in Arizona in 2022, the architect of the 2017 HGTV Smart Home located in Scottsdale, three design television series on The Design Network, and over a handful of Luxe Red Awards.
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In addition to architecture, Candelaria Design leads annual tours to Italy and Spain and recently an Oregon Wine Tour. Mark loves to cook for his clients in their completed homes or in their office’s showroom kitchen, and the whole team is actively involved in designing facilities for various charities and giving back to the community through service time and serving on Boards. Mark also hosts a monthly podcast "Inspiring Living with Mark Candelaria" where he speaks with inspiring people about their careers and life stories and has a nationally published design book featuring 12 pivotal projects each paired with one of his recipes. For more information on Candelaria Design, we invite you to visit candelariadesign.com.
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While many Architects' design work occurs within a fairly narrow design range, Hann prefers to be known for his creative solutions involving a fairly wide range of design styles. His strength is in the diversity of his work and his
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