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  1. herdesignjournal
    August 9, 2012

    I loved this post! I always feel in uni that 2 or 3 weeks per project isn’t enough time to think about what I want to design. Obviously in practice you’re considering far more than I ever have had to so far, but still, it would be nice to be able to mull things over 🙂 I’ve just started a very small architecture blog, and I’m also from Ireland, Id really appreciate it if you could have a little look see, and let me know how i could improve! Just click on my name 🙂

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    • markstephensarchitect
      August 9, 2012

      Many thanks for the comment, well done on starting a blog and stick at it. If you’re UK based I bought an excellent WordPress book/magazine in WH Smiths when I was in London last week which I would highly recommend to fine tune it, looking good so far.

      Mark

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      • herdesignjournal
        August 18, 2012

        oh thanks! I’ll have a lookout for it, I feel I still don’t really know how to properly work wordpress so that will really help 🙂

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  2. James Byrne (@jbyrneirl)
    August 11, 2012

    Great post, Mark.

    I think architectural work and construction in general will always be under time and cost pressures. It’s just the nature of the beast. Get the maximum amount of value for the lowest cost.

    So any ideas on how we might square this particular hole. Does it require the adoption of new processes like Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) or something completely new?

    This is a serious lack of radical Innovation in architecture and construction in general and trying to address the issue as you outlined in your post will require radical thinking and implementation.

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    • markstephensarchitect
      August 11, 2012

      Cheers James, I think the answer is quite simple; architects should stand firm and not be pushed into unrealistic time scales.

      Mark

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