Communication
- Emphasize budget projections and tracking
- Focus on client's view of 'function'
- Consult with architects, civil engineers, structural engineers, restoration specialists, arborists, and other professionals to ensure feasibility and durability of each aspect of planning and construction
- Communicate clearly during all project phases
- Enjoy each piece of the design and installation process
- Laugh often
Landscape
- Focus on relationships of hard, durable spaces to soft, absorbent elements - architecture and landscape are interwoven
- Respect for climate and solar orientation
- Attend to both positive and negative views
- Use natural building materials and native plants where appropriate
- Minimize paving and 'hard' elements
- Be mindful of natural drainage patterns
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