A period property can be convincing at the first viewing and still be the wrong property for the planned project. High ceilings, historic details and a good location say nothing yet about whether floor plans can be changed, floor areas extended or energy-efficiency goals achieved economically. Anyone who buys an existing property in Wiesbaden, Mainz…
Even in a new build, a project's success is decided not only in the planning but on the construction site. That is where the design, detailed planning, craftsmanship and construction sequence come together. This is precisely the point at which it becomes visible whether a project has merely been well planned or is also well…
On every construction site, planning, craftsmanship and reality meet. In listed and existing buildings, this applies to an even greater degree. Here it is not only a matter of implementing a design but of responding to a building that brings its own rules, surprises and limits. That is precisely why construction supervision in LPH 8…
A new build is not well prepared just because the design is finished. A project only becomes truly reliable when the planned works are described and awarded in such a way that a clear, comparable and workable construction site can result. This is exactly what LPH 6 and 7 deliver. For clients, this phase is…
A good project in an existing building stands or falls not only with the design, but also with how that design becomes a buildable and economically robust tender package. That is exactly what LPH 6 and 7, the service phases of the German fee scale for architects (HOAI), are about. In this phase, the works…
No matter how coherent a design is, only the detailed design shows whether a new build has truly been thought through in a robust way. In LPH 5, the fifth service phase of the German fee scale for architects (HOAI), an architectural idea becomes a building that can be built. This is precisely where it…
