Episode 10: This week's episode breaks down the soft costs of a construction project and we discuss why it's so essential to properly budget for this component. We talk about how architects bill, the time and value they can bring to a project, and how much their services may cost. We also discuss how contractors think about labor and overhead to understand why buildings cost more than the sum of their parts.
Our Good Building this week is the Clark Art Institute. Specifically, we examine the Visitor Center by Tadao Ando, completed in 2014. The work was part of an all-star cast of architects and landscape architects to create a new vision for this spectacular museum campus. Ando's work is notably precise with an elegant clarity. It's a stunning welcome that pulls you into the landscape and then melts away around you.
Leah Solk is an architect and principal of Solk Architecture.
Yuliya Ilizarov is an architect and builder, and founder and partner of Coburn Construction Management.
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