Do most of your jobs come from architects outsourcing, or from developers?

[Rich O]

Thread title, really. I'm new to this game and wondering which would be the better avenue to pursue at first.

[lambros]

Well, I guess that woud be country dependant. Here in Greece, it would be something like 50/50, but now, due to the oncoming depression, a lot of small developers ceased building activities and my assignments come mostly from architectural offices.

[Scott Schroeder]

It's tough, but I'd agree with Lambros and say it's close to 50/50. When I worked with a studio, they dealt almost exclusively with developers. However, as a freelancer I deal almost exclusively with architects. Working with a developer, you'll end up working with the architect anyways but the developer tends to play the middle man sometimes.

 

I'd say though that going after architects may be the better route, because even they need to pitch ideas to the developers and investors. So architects are the first line in the viz process.

[selos69]

Again 50 / 50 mate.

 

I try to avoid Architects at all costs.

 

They tend to be very finicky over minor details. It's not uncommon for me to have about 10 drafts before it's signed off as opposed to developers who are usually happy after the first.

 

Be sure to set the T&C to the architects prior to commencing any work!

[Matt Sugden]

yes, architects are very picky over the details, the major benfit with an architect however is that the deal with many clients, so bagging one architect client can lead to a lot more work than just one developer.

[Rich O]

Cheers guys. Might change tact a bit and target some developers.