Illustrate your client’s story

You’ve met with your client and discovered all the answers to your questions. You’re now tasked at designing a space that meets your clients goals. Solves a particular problem. If you don’t have a clear vision on your clients goals go back and ask more questions. View this post on Instagram A post shared by […]

Are you really listening to your clients?

Who is your client? This is important to know. Who are they? What are their struggles? What are their fears and what provides joy? We struggle with asking the hard questions when it comes to our clients. We don’t dig deep enough into their personal life. What does it mean to be them? What’s it […]

Home

There are a lot of places that can symbolize home for us. We can have more than one place that’s considered home. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on Oct 20, 2019 at 3:07am PDT I have my home here in the city but I also have the home […]

Guessing?

You never want to be guessing or making assumptions when it comes to client work. In architecture there are a lot of questions you need to be asking. Get the answers you need to be successful with the project. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on Oct 13, 2019 […]

Form follows Function

As Architects we hear this all the time. Form follows function. Remember those phrases that stand out from Architecture school. Burned in your mind. This one is the most popular. Let’s dig into what it means. Don’t design Architecture for beauty sake. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on […]

Expectations

Anytime we start something new we are going to have expectations. They could be good or bad. Depending on your outlook on the project. What we have to do as architects is not only take our expectations into account but take those of our clients into account. View this post on Instagram A post shared […]

Communicate as a Designer

One of the most important skills you can build as an architect is the ablitiy to drawing by hand. When I think of the ability to draw, I don’t mean realistic amazing works of art. I mean communicative drawing. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on Sep 22, 2019 […]

Don’t add unnecessary complexity

I want to talk about something I do a lot. It tends to paralyze me. It keeps me from moving forward on a project or goal because what’s out in front of me looks too hard. I’m talking about complexity. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on Sep 15, […]

Backup your work

I almost don’t like to talk about things like this for fear of jinxing myself. But I want to mention backing up your work. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Sawyer (@wwsarchitecture) on Sep 8, 2019 at 2:59am PDT It’s important for us, as Architects, to back up our work. Your […]