Architect Blog

As a former resident of The Palisades whom designed and built a new custom home for my wife and I, it’s my sincere hope that many of the property owners from this wonderful community will be able to rebuild. In support of this effort, we are offering our Residential Architect services at a substantial fee reduction to property owners who have lost their home, for new custom home design plans. To further assist in this effort and still provide top quality Modern Home design pl

For a typical two story custom home project, approximately 90% of the project costs are associated with construction costs. The remaining 10% is associated with architecture and engineering fees. So when it comes to evaluating a project’s costs, this is the area to focus on, regarding the many line items compromising this cumulative end game price. There are about (26) subcontractor Trades and about (10) material supplier Trades, that add up to (36) project line item ‘costs'.

Mr. Shaw and his architecture firm were selected from a group of competitor firms, to be the Executive Architect of Record and Tenant Improvement Architect for this metropolitan office project of approximately 7,000 sq. ft. This law firm was expanding and the new space design was optimized to venerate the prestigious and expansive views of the coastline, beach and Santa Monica Bay. Barry personally designed the floor plan meeting the needs of the partners, associates, support