BY KRISS PETTERSEN at Entablature.com

For those that haven’t yet heard of Arcbazar, you might want to take a look – this site hosts design competitions.  With a variety of projects from kitchen and bathroom remodels to house designs, it’s an intriguing way for clients to get ideas for projects they are considering from trained designers.

I have an image of an architect sitting in his office, working on a design for a client.  The phone rings – it is a potential client who found the architect’s name in the yellow pages.  She is interested in re-designing the interior of her house.  The architect briefly explains the design process, then invites the potential client to come to his office for a meeting …

I’ll stop right there.  As many of you know, architects traditionally do not advertise.  Clients are gained through word of mouth and in some cases, through published work… Read more