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Good to see I've got an ally in this meandering conversation, Tubs - I'm definitely outnumbered. The definition of a draftsperson can get blurry. They used to be a person who simply drew up somebody else's design - whether that somebody was an architect or an engineer. So essentially, they...

We're in completely subjective territory here, but it's interesting - I like swimming against the tide at times and I'm sure doing it in this string. A couple of comments on the posts over night: Yes, an architect designed house would look out of place in a sea of project homes. So where does...

Me again. Just on the practical vs impractical architect argument. That reno I did (link in a previous post) was designed by an architect who knew I would be building it ALL, that I had no trade skills, and that I'm a tightarse. The most prominent element is off the shelf hoop pine...

Yes Monopoly, let's let 'poor old builders' shape our built environment. Good architects understand how things are built. Good builders like to stretch themselves and occasionally build things a bit more intersting. Thank God. Sea_change, I agree with what you said but: This will...

I had a dud accountant once - briefly. But that didn't turn me off using accountants. It just made me more careful in selecting them. In every profession and every trade there are good practitioners and bad ones.

I have huge admiration for good architects. If I'd known what they did when I left school, I would have studied architecture. Of course, I may not have been any good at it. I've used an architect 3 times now. I wouldn't think of doing anything significant without one. The key as Michael...