The Construction Source

Altius Architecture | 9 always needed, but often under-used in to- day’s standards – collaboration. “When we design a building, the drawing is a small por- tion of what is required to bring that build- ing into being,” says Smith. “Unfortunately, some architects simply hand off hundreds of pages of specifications to a builder, and are done. If you don’t engage in the site, don’t engage in the process of building, fromarchi- tectural point of view, you lose the vision of what the building is supposed to be. There’s a saying that fifty percent of the design is on paper and fifty percent is in head of archi- tect. If the tradesman, construction manager or client cannot access the architect, they’re losing half the benefit.” Graham Smith