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I’d strongly disagree about people caring about interiors - houses are built and sold as a list of checkboxes as if they were enterprise software. They have

I’d strongly disagree about people caring about interiors - houses are built and sold as a list of checkboxes as if they were enterprise software. They have the commensurate problems of enterprise software. Also, I’ll note that maybe only 10% of US houses are designed by an architect in the first place. Developers think in dollars, first, second, and third. They may upgrade your countertop to granite, but that’s the extent of it.

ARandomerDude 5y ago
> They may upgrade your countertop to granite For a fee, of course (which speaks to your overall point). I recently told a builder I wanted simple white cabinets. That would be "an upgrade to a level 3 cabinet" (whatever that means) because white is popular right now. So if I want faux wood it's included. If I want that wood painted white, we have to change the entire kitchen and add $10K. I politely left the meeting at that point.
jmathai 5y ago
If only 10% of homes are designed by architects then it's probably 1% who have an interior designer involved. We are in the middle of a remodel and involving an interior designer as early in the process as the architect resulted in a much different layout and floor plan than if we only worked with an architect. The architect helped us make sure the house was structurally sound and the interior designer helped us make sure suited our needs.
- pottertheotter 5y ago
  There seems to be a lot of variability in what architects do and care about. In your last sentence, I feel like you could often replace architect with structural engineer and interior designer with architect in other situations and end up with the same outcome.
  - titanomachy 5y ago
    Agreed, I know architects who only do interior layouts.
    - jmathai 5y ago
      I'm not familiar with the courses and topics that are included in an architectural program and if they subsume that of an interior designer. If so, then you're probably right. But, as far as I know, they're separate disciplines.

ARandomerDude 5y ago

> They may upgrade your countertop to granite For a fee, of course (which speaks to your overall point). I recently told a builder I wanted simple white cabinets. That would be "an upgrade to a level 3 cabinet" (whatever that means) because white is popular right now. So if I want faux wood it's included. If I want that wood painted white, we have to change the entire kitchen and add $10K. I politely left the meeting at that point.

jmathai 5y ago

If only 10% of homes are designed by architects then it's probably 1% who have an interior designer involved. We are in the middle of a remodel and involving an interior designer as early in the process as the architect resulted in a much different layout and floor plan than if we only worked with an architect. The architect helped us make sure the house was structurally sound and the interior designer helped us make sure suited our needs.

pottertheotter 5y ago
There seems to be a lot of variability in what architects do and care about. In your last sentence, I feel like you could often replace architect with structural engineer and interior designer with architect in other situations and end up with the same outcome.
- titanomachy 5y ago
  Agreed, I know architects who only do interior layouts.
  - jmathai 5y ago
    I'm not familiar with the courses and topics that are included in an architectural program and if they subsume that of an interior designer. If so, then you're probably right. But, as far as I know, they're separate disciplines.