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The hardest thing to do in a residential commission is not to add — it is to stop. Most clients arrive with a list of wants. The architect's job is to understand which of those wants is actually a need, and to protect the project from everything else.
The term gets used loosely. For some firms it means handing off a half-formed scheme to a cheaper studio. For me, it means being trusted with something that matters — and treating it accordingly. Here is how I think about the work.
A small observation about softness, sharpness, and what rounded corners communicate about a building's intentions — or a designer's confidence in them.
