Why do you need an Architect Client Adviser?
Commissioning buildings is a complex undertaking.
We help you face four common client challenges
Articulating where you want to go, helping to make sure you get there
Design governance and technical oversight, supporting confidence in your project
Understanding team capability and needs, creating a high performing project environment
Determining the future that your project will be part of, leading the way together
Services can be provided under the standard form of RIBA Client Advisor Professional Services Contract
DESIGN THINKING client advisers
Design Thinking is an association of established and accomplished architects and design advisers who are available to counsel clients through all stages of a built environment project or programme.
Led by Jennifer Dixon and Sarah Williams, with a combined 60 years of professional experience as architects, principals of leading international design firms and client advisers, we offer independent and impartial guidance on all related design issues, impacts and risks. We provide a bespoke, complementary service to your design team; not designing, but advising.
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We are executive level individuals available for expert consultancy
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We give impartial, independent advice and guidance at all project stages
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We are professionally accountable for our advice and services
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There is an industry standardised scope of services and code of practice available
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Tailored to fit your budget, we are focussed and efficient. Every hour creates value
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You recieve the advice you need while avoiding unneccessary fixed overheads
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Services are complementary to those of your project designers and project managers
Architect Client Advisers
Whether you need a specific one-off service, expertise on the end of a phone or longer-term support, our aim is to develop enduring relationships with our clients. We offer a simple way of procuring design thinking services which will set your projects on a secure trajectory, without having to overcommit.
In the UK, the Royal Institute of British Architects identifies certain experienced architects and professional practitioners as RIBA Client Advisers, accredited to work with the client's team, independent of the supply team, monitoring and helping the client to manage the design process from its earliest stages. These services can be provided under the standard form of RIBA Client Advisor Professional Services Contract.
What we don’t do
project management
Project Managers run teams to deliver projects on time and on budget.
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design management
Design Managers manage designers activities once the design task has been defined.
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architecture & design services
Architects and Designers provide design services under the RIBA PSC for Architectural Services or other forms.
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