Episode 12: Despite our best intentions, sometimes clients aren't 100% happy with the process, experience, or finished product. It's important to examine these relationships and use them as an opportunity to grow as professionals. We discuss how misalignments of expectations can lead to disappointment, specifically exploring communication around scope, services, schedule, and cost. What kind of questions can clients ask to avoid the wrong fit with an architect or contractor?
Our Good Building this week is Donald Judd's 101 Spring Street in the Soho neighborhood of New York. The cast iron building was originally built in 1870 as space for manufacturing and was purchased by the artist in 1968 as a home, studio, and gallery. ARO completed an extensive restoration in 2013, and the building is now a foundation open to the public. Judd approached his renovation with a thoughtfulness for detail, warmth and experimentation. He and his family lived in a minimal and communal manner that allowed for the art and architecture to shine.
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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