• An Architect can help you create and focus your dream house into a built reality. Architects see the big picture. A skilled architect can help you develop and integrate your list of requirements with the other complex factors to create a unique home just for you by prioritizing your needs.

• An Architect is a licensed professional. Architects are educated, trained, and tested in large range of areas including aesthetic design, ergonomics, sociology, ecology, law, building codes, construction materials and technology. This breadth of knowledge allows foresight when evaluating competing requirements and restrictions. Often, having a licenced professional is required by local or state authorities

• An Architect will solve your problems with creative, elegant solutions. Architects are trained to make buildings both functional and beautiful. An architect will be able to show you alternatives that you might not have considered as possible.

• A skilled architect can make your life easier! Architects can bring pictorial suggestions to the table and assist in decisions for space planning, materials, and finishes transforming your abstract ideas into a form you can visualize.

• An Architect is cost effective. A well-conceived, designed, and coordinated project is more economical. Changes made on paper in the design phase are much less expensive than those made during construction. A contractor will do what you want, no matter to cost. An architect will consider other cost saving options.

• An architect understands your needs, both personal and construction related. Architects will explore a homeowner's lifestyle and use of their current house, and draw up construction plans that address both the owner's desires and the structural requirements. In other words just by listening to you they are able to transform your needs and wishes into an architectural expression that also complies with building and city codes and the construction best practices.

• An Architect will communicate with the contractor and ensure your projects run smoothly. The archtect works for you. Many homeowners dread the construction process, finding time for meetings, dealing with a "rough around the edges" contractor, who doesn't have your best interest in mind. An archtiect will handle all of that, making the process much smoother and a better experience for you.

• Unlike other architects or design professionals, Brighton A+D takes the time upfront to understand your project, concerns, and desires. We will assess all code related items and ensure feasibility of the project, rather than jumping to a design that may not work, costing you extra time and money.

• We think outside the box: you have a vision for your home, but we have the experience in the field. We will take your ideas and expand on them, offering you the best possible outcome, leaving nothing off the table.

• We work with you start to finish: from Day 1 of determining the scope of your work, to the final pillow on that couch, we will help you through every step of the process.

Definition:

An architect is a professional who is specifically trained and licensed to work on the planning and design of buildings. The facets of an architect’s role are as varied and fascinating as their work; these are professionals who lead the process of creating functional spaces, from concept and design to a full realization of those designs.

Architects go through rigorous education, training and testing in order to hold that title. By accepting the challenge, we agree to uphold certain principles, which our licencure depends on. These include:

• The health, safety and welfare of the public depend on having licensed, continually educated architects.

• State licensing boards are crucial to maintaining professional accountability and guarding against unlicensed professionals.

• A licensing protocol for architects protects us in times of disaster