If you looking to hire an architect, here are ten questions you should be asking. If you are an architect, here are ten questions you should know how to answer.

It’s really hard for people to find an architect; at least that’s what the emails in my inbox are telling me. To further get to the point, it’s not hard to look one up that’s in your hometown – that’s easy. What’s hard is trying to figure out which one you should hire. That’s when people email me with questions, asking for advice and guidance. Rather than try to convert everyone into the Church of “Bob the Architect”, I genuinely try to tell people how to go about finding a local architect and so this Sunday, as I sit in my favorite chair, I am going to turn those emails into today’s post … “How to Find an Architect.”Hiring an architect can come across as scary business – but it shouldn’t. The process should be easy and straightforward, because, at a very basic level, we are all the same (or at least, we should be). I can almost sense the shift in the planet’s rotational pull as architects around the world are reading that comment and are clutching their chests. Settle down people and give me a chance to explain. To a certain extent, if you are trying to find an architect who can design you a 5 bedroom en suite home, completely outfitted with home theater, workout facilities, formal and informal living spaces, etc....