The design of a new house, or the remodel of an existing home, requires not only creativity and insight but also a structured and organized approach to its planning and development. As a full service architectural firm specializing in residential design we have written this book to help facilitate this organization for a successfully planned and designed project. We also want to prepare you to take well grounded and informed steps forward in how you work with your architect and builder. Over the past twenty years of our practice, we have found that the information, questions, comments and observations presented in this book, are the basic and essential core elements of a good project. This is the information that should not be overlooked in the design of a new house, or remodel of an existing home.