Custom Home Design: The Crucial Role of Early Cost Estimates
Embarking on the journey of creating your dream custom home is an exciting venture. However, this exhilarating process comes with its own set of [...]
Our Unique Approach To Staying On Budget When Building a Custom Home
Staying on budget in custom residential design is a challenge we understand all too well. It's a topic that resonates with homeowners, builders, and [...]
Balancing Budget and Design: How Custom Homes Stay On Budget
Embarking on the journey of building a custom home is an exciting endeavor, but it's crucial to strike the right balance between budget and [...]
Building on a Challenging Site: The Power of Architectural Feasibility Studies
Embarking on the journey of building a custom home on a unique undeveloped property brings both excitement and challenges. It's essential to navigate these [...]
Architectural Feasibility Studies for Custom Homes
Do you have a great idea for a project, or are you eyeing a beautiful piece of land for a new custom home? Do [...]
Where Do I Start? Starting the Custom Home Design Process
The custom home journey is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The design process is exciting and creative. And there's nothing quite like seeing your vision come [...]
Designing Your House to Respond to the Sun: An Intro to Solar Orientation
At YR Architecture + Design we're a big proponent of taking advantage of the earth's natural resources to help improve and regulate the spaces we [...]
Over Budget? How to Reduce Construction Cost During Design
A common problem when designing houses is that the estimates come in and the project is over budget. Now, what do you do? Do [...]
Architectural Fees for Residential Projects
How much do architects charge for their services? This article is Part II of a discussion about architect's design fees. In the previous post, we [...]
Cost-Effective Alternatives to a House Addition
With the expensive nature of home additions, consider these cost-effective alternatives using your existing footprint.
Modern House Design & How You Can Afford It
If you set good project goals at the start, plan early and often to meet them, and remain mindful throughout the process about budget concerns you can create an affordable modern home.
Affordable Modern House Design
Affordable modern house design can be achieved because modern design is inherently simple in design and construction. Simple floor plans and details help make it possible.
5 Ways Architects Add Value & Save You Money
Whether you're looking to buy a house, or build a new house, addition, or take on a major renovation, you've probably questioned whether you should talk to [...]
Affordable Home Design: Efficient + Cost-Effective House Construction
Building a house is expensive. It's probably the single biggest investment of your life. And as such, it takes time and effort from you, your architect [...]
Affordable Home Design: Energy Efficient Design
Wouldn't it be nice to design a home that has lower utility bills and operating costs? The average home in the US spends $1,900 a year [...]
Affordable Home Design: Cost-Effective Materials + Simple Detailing
Brick. Tile. Metal. Stone. What do all these materials have in common? When installed properly they all look amazing. They are all durable, require little [...]
Affordable Home Design: Simple House Design
A simple house design that is compact, efficient, and straightforward can considerably reduce the cost and time it takes to build your home.
Affordable Home Design: Efficient Floor Plans
The cost of building a new home depends on many factors: geography, size, complexity, quality of materials, design aesthetics, etc. But one thing is a [...]
Affordable Home Design: Good Site Planning
Our previous article gave an introduction into creating an affordable home. In this post, we take a deeper look into one of the first places [...]
Affordable Home Design: An Introduction
Would you like to create an affordable home? If you're one of those people who are deciding to build a new home over buying an [...]