Hire a design-build company or an architect? This has become a very hot topic over the past decade. Even more so today, design-build companies are flooding the construction industry, promising to clients a turn-key, all-inclusive construction experience. The design-build approach has proven to be somewhat successful, just not in high-end construction. If you value your home and value the design and construction of your home, you will hire a professional who specializes in architecture and you will hire a seperate professional who specializes in building. Thinking you can mix the two and come up with similiar results and quality on high-end construction is purely being naive. An architect on-staff with a contractor that is pitching their "design-build" firm is not going to have the same insight, creativeness and efficiency as one who works for an architectural firm. The same is true if you were to switch the roles around: a contractor who was been hired by an architectural firm to pitch their, "one-stop-shop" design-build company will not be nearly as effective and professional as a contractor who works on his own. Bottom line: for best results on any construction project, it is important to hire an architect who will focus solely on your design and hire a builder who will focus solely on his craftsmanship and building your home.
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