Tracey Hunzinker

1. In class when the Skydome was discussed, it was stated that the tax payers ended up picking up the slack in the financing because the architects went over their budget. Now obviously not all projects are going to have an unlimited bankbook to work from, so what happens to projects that go over the agreed upon price? Who has to cover the difference? Does the cause or situation surrounding the cost increase play any kind or role in who pays for it?

2. A C.P.M graph is normally done before you get to far into the planning and designing of a project, as the time allotted for the drawings and tendering have to be included. Now without the tendering faze and knowing what companies are doing the work for you, as some companies are going to take longer than others depending on the quality and the process of the work, how are you able to figure out what the time required for each task will be? Are they estimated guesses from previous projects? And if there is an error made in one of the allotted times will the C.P.M. be constantly under revision throughout the project? Or is it a case of “Written in Stone”?

Chris Defayette

1. How is finacing arranged for speculative developments? What does a real estate appraiser do?

2. What is the role of the law in real estate development? Do architects need a lawyer, what is their role in practice?

Sharif Khan

1‑ How integral is computer knowledge for this course?

2‑ How important is computer knowledge in the field of cost analysis?

Jean Brisson

1. What is the professor's opinion of 'pro bono' work? If the ultimate goal of the architect is to design buildings and bring forward solutions for the greater good of society, how can the architect compete with the politicians and developpers without selling out to in the name of mediocrity?

Between the two extremes of 'pro bono' work and 'selling out' there is a path of sustainable profitable conscious architecture; what is the professor's suggestion as to finding success along this path of professional fulfilment and financial prosperity?

In the process of gaining the favour of a client, how does the architect best introduce the issues of contract and legal details without appearing too eager?

Rick Hippolite

1: How does one know what order to place a contractor into the building process (onto a CPM chart) and how long each SHOULD take to complete the given task?

2: If contractors are NOT actually keeping up with the printed schedule... how does the architect find out about it? If a contractor is done too early are there problems related to this?

My personal Question:

In terms of virtual worlds: Should a virtual space be 1) a mimickry of the real world, or 2) a NEW type of world, completely unique from the real one. Number 2) is currently the case.Perhaps it should stay this way.

If 2) is true, then perhaps, we need new ways to look at Nimby'itism which have not yet been addressed. see pages such as: http://www.dramatispersonae.org/DesignEconomicsFrontPageTech.htm

If 1) is true, then I feel that AI can play a great part in the creation of "real" Architectural spaces. see my proposal at: (Image teaching your Avatar to think just like you so that it could create Internet spaces you would be in love with.)

Alexandre Clermont

1. What's in a name? Is there an example of a specific building project which was saved from the brink of failure by a sudden last minute change of title?

2. When building a building (ei: Corel Centre) which incorporates publicity signs in it's design, when does one know when there is too much advertising? Can there

be such a thing?

A.J. Gerth

1. What is the "safest" way for an architect to price a job? ( most effecticve way to come closest

to estimating price without worry of losing money on the job or having to greatly increase the budget)

2. What is the best way to protect your design ideas (intellectual property) from being copied

without compensation or recognition? Is a copyrighted drawing really protected or is it a weak form of protection?

Gilnar Haj Abed

1. What are the different factors of design economic and how does each influence and manipulate architecture or

any type of building?

1. Does design economics have an effect on business

(something other than architecture) and the general activity of a place? and how?

1. As a young architect who plans on working for him/herself, is it adviseable to start a firm right away (after liscensing) under borrowed money, or to work for someone else until the setting is more stable?

2. Architects are generally "self employed" or work in a situation carrying no real pension arrangements. What is the best way a young architect to tackle the reality of a difficult retirement?

3. (to Mr. Firestone) ‑ As a successful player in the Real ‑ Estate / Developmet industry, would you say that architects who do small projects: (homes, renovations, small community buildings, etc.) work very hard but are not necessarily paid accordingly?

Kris Benes

1. How does one get more money out of the client in order to fund creative design?

2. How does one educate the client on appreciating creative design when your average person knows nothing about this? I mean we are talking about the same people that believe that a suburban monster with colonial columns at the entrance epitomizes good architecture?

Edward Ho

1. After the design being read by the client, what can be done to protect our copyright of the design if the client decided not to hire architect afterward?

2. In the CMP schedule, is that always true for the architects to call for the earliest start time instead of the latest start time when slack time is available?

Paolo Di Cienzo

1. Upon graduation architecture students seeking employment seem shocked, almost appalled by their starting wages. While an increase in pay is desirable, are these wages not an accurate indication of the inexperienced designer's worth to a firm?

2. The value of creativity seems faded as cost restrictions most frequently triumph over design. As architectural technologist societies demand greater responsibility and certification, how will architects demonstrate their value to the client if in the future technicians are permitted to design large scale projects(O.B.C., sect. 3) independently at competitive rates?

Chris Davis

1. The Architectural profession seems to have hit rock bottom economically over the last decade or two. Should the OAA enforce a minamum fee structure for licenced architects? Every project is radically different so how would a fee structure work? Do you think architects would embrace this idea? Has it been done before?

2. If an architect chooses to arrange a set fee, and his or her's office is efficient, they could make a greater profit than if they had chosen to be paid by the hour, or as a percentage of the building's cost. Is there any other advantages or disadvantages to a specific method of commission?

Annie Cheung

1. Ways to better intreperet the municipal zoning laws and by‑laws without misunderstanding or missing the point?

2. When there is disagreement between architect and client, how an architect maintain his or her professionalism? When and how to say no to client's requests to keep our ethics?

Emily Greenfield

1 You have often said that architects are artists before anything else, do you think there are circumstances and projects where a knowledge of the potential problems could have a very negative impact on the overall effectiveness of the design’s message?

2 Design Economics assigns many values to a project; profit, endurance, population, asthetics, people’s enjoyment etc. What is the most important value of a project? ie. Can the term design economics be used to describe improving the user appreciation value and not the economic value of a project? Do other commodities in the field outweigh money?

Mark Huang

1. The conflict between clients and architects are inevitable. Some clients do not care about the creativity, enviornmental value, urban issue, and energy saving system, etc. which tend to cost more to them. Once the cost is down, the "price" of the building per square foot will be cheap and then the potent