{"id":35220,"date":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dummy.xtemos.com\/woodmart2\/elementor\/?p=35220"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:00:00","slug":"first-meeting-with-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/first-meeting-with-architect\/","title":{"rendered":"What to bring to your first meeting with an architect"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"35220\" class=\"elementor elementor-35220\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-negative-gap elementor-element elementor-element-28cecad e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28cecad\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5362a97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"5362a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>You do not need drawings or a fixed plan to start talking to an architect. A few simple things help a lot: a copy of your title deed or site details, photos of the property, a rough budget range and a list of what you want the home to do. Images of homes you love, and why you love them, are useful too.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6af34a elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_image_or_svg\" data-id=\"e6af34a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wd_image_or_svg.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-image text-left photoswipe-images\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strandveld-studio-architect-s-desk-with-building-plans-scale-ruler-a-9aba2.jpg\"data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"720\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"no\" aria-label=\"Image link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strandveld-studio-architect-s-desk-with-building-plans-scale-ruler-a-9aba2-700x600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-700x600 size-700x600\" alt=\"Architect&#039;s desk with building plans, scale ruler and pencil, ready for a plan submission or client meeting\" srcset=\"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strandveld-studio-architect-s-desk-with-building-plans-scale-ruler-a-9aba2-700x600.jpg 700w, https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/strandveld-studio-architect-s-desk-with-building-plans-scale-ruler-a-9aba2-75x65.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892d1f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wd_text_block\" data-id=\"892d1f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;highlighted_vertical_offset_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"wd_text_block.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wd-text-block reset-last-child text-left\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<p>We also like to know how you live. Do you entertain often, work from home or have family staying for long holidays? These details shape the layout more than any style choice. After the first meeting we send a short summary of the brief and the next steps, so you can check we have understood you properly.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photos, a rough budget and a list of must-haves help us understand your project from the first conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[74,81],"class_list":["post-35220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-residential","tag-guides","tag-process"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35574,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35220\/revisions\/35574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live.allanuxweb.com\/architecture\/architecture-studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}