Architects spend the lion’s share of their time up front: listening to clients, understanding the totality of their needs and resources, scrutinizing feasibility, forming a practical vision of a structure, and creating a blueprint. As the structure is built, the architect intervenes in the client’s favor, ensuring compliance to the plan and guiding the vision through the tempest of design changes, crises and ambiguities. Client advocacy is the cornerstone of the architect’s role. |