91 Architectural Design articles with practical guidance for projects and investments in Saudi Arabia.
Doors are low value, high count and heavily dependent on other trades. That combination is why they so often become the last thing stopping a project from finishing.
Read MoreWindow treatments are quoted as a fabric price and delivered as a measured, made and installed system. These are the lines that actually move the total.
Read MorePerceived quality comes from alignment, consistency, light and restraint, not from the price of materials. These are the beliefs behind interiors that cost a lot and read badly.
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An illustrative comparison of 14 large apartments against 18 smaller ones in the same envelope, through efficiency, cost, parking and net income.
Read MoreA percentage of construction cost or a fixed fee for a defined scope: how each basis behaves when the project grows, shrinks or slows down.
Read MoreOn a constrained plot, every square metre of circulation costs a square metre of living space. A calculation showing where area goes.
Read MoreAcoustic problems are almost never designed for and are nearly impossible to fix afterwards. What to address during design.
Read MoreBuildings are designed for how they look when finished and lived in for decades. Six assumptions about maintenance worth challenging.
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Visuals sell interiors and then get blamed for them. Here is what each kind of image is actually evidence of, and what you should ask for instead.
Read MoreOrdering tiles on net floor area is the most common way to run out mid-job. This illustrative calculation shows how to get from measured area to boxes ordered.
Read MoreThe received wisdom about making rooms feel larger is mostly about contrast, sightlines and light, not about paint colour. Here is what actually changes a room.
Read MoreWhen the budget does not cover the whole interior, the order of work matters more than the total. An illustrative calculation of what to do first and what it costs to wait.
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