Real Architecture Starts With An Architect At Four Walls Architecture

Even if we can't articulate what good design is exactly, there's no doubt that we recognize and respond to it when we are exposed to it. Yet when it comes to creating the spaces that we live our own lives in, many of us opt for the ordinary or the expedient without much thought to creating architecture that will enrich our lives and those of generations to come.

 

As Amy Hendry at Four Walls Architecture says, an architect brings special skills and expertise to any project, which many people may not even think exists, or worse still, that they think they can do themselves. Amy says she often gets clients who say, “Wow, I would never have thought of this myself” or, “I can’t believe you made this work so well”.

 

So, while great architecture certainly owes a great debt to the architect's vision, perhaps it owes even more to the client who is willing to give considered thought to what their home means to them - physically, psychologically, spiritually, emotionally – and who, most importantly, is able to communicate that to an architect.

 

There is a world of difference between a ‘designer’ and an architect, and as an example we would be very put out if a pharmacist or a physiotherapist claimed to be a doctor, as they don’t have the appropriate training or qualifications to call themselves a doctor. It stands to reason that it is equally inappropriate and misleading when people who don’t have an architecture degree, registration and the requisite experience, claim to be architects.

 

Whichever way we look at it, building or renovating our home is a very big undertaking, and not just financially; we are also expending a great deal of time, energy and emotion and we totally trust the architect who has invested their time and expertise in the planning of our building. If we haven’t chosen a registered and qualified person we have only ourselves to blame if things go wrong.

 

So, when thinking of building a new home or renovating an existing one, it makes sense that the first decision we make will be to choose a fully qualified, registered architect. For further information on Four Walls Architecture and their architectural services, please visit the website at https://www.fourwallsarchitecture.co.nz/ .