Part one of this two-part series dealt with ways you could inform your architect regarding your intentions. Part 2 Once you've articulated your intentions for your home, your architect will work with you to assemble that information into the making of your home. This process is iterative, and you can draw side by side with your architect. While your architect will serve as an editor, arranging the series of profound images you've presented into a coherent and cogent whole, you are the center of the creative process rather than a bystander. This is your home that's being created, not your …

When desiring an expanded or renewed home — once it's clear that meeting your needs necessitates an addition or new home — begin by knowing green building is a holistic way to create your home. Being a highly inclusive way to build, with many aspects to consider, leads one to consider an inclusive or team approach to the design process. The team members are usually centered by an architect who begins the process of creating a home by helping the client give form to their desires and intentions as well as learning the nuances of place and what it's asking for.  Our home forms union between us …