Designing and building is an exciting journey, often shrouded in mystique for clients. As architects, we see it as a collaborative process of listening, understanding, and translating clients’ needs, visions, and values into reality. Through open communication and trust, ideas take form, and vision becomes reality. While every project is unique, the design process follows a general set of phases that build upon one another. Pre-Design: Building the Foundation Before design begins, we establish a creative foundation by getting to know the client’s goals, needs, timeline, and budget. We also analyze the site, zoning laws, building codes, and other considerations to create a framework that guides the rest of the process. Schematic Design: Shaping the Vision With the groundwork in…

Putting pencil to paper and designing by hand is always the first stage of the Briggs Architecture process. In this blog lead architect Don Briggs explores how “rough rendering” nourishes his creative practice and opens the door for clients to co-create spaces with their architect. Doodles, sketches and rough renderings are essential to the Briggs Architecture design process. Sketching a concept brings it to life and gives it room to breathe; it gives the artist a space to explore and to edit, to think and rethink. And it makes sharing possible – when abstract concepts come alive on the page the architect and client can visualize and create together.  In the “rough” stage our goal is not to create beautiful…