tween the disciplines usually only involves answering questions about the project and clarifying requirements ; architects – engineers – and security , if you will .
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It ’ s frustrating on two levels .
Next he or she begins to include all of the regulatory requirements or “ best practices ” for design . Best practices are nothing more than ' this is how it ’ s normally done because we found that this works best .'
First , at the beginning of every project the architect gets the client ’ s desires list ; i . e ., the building should be blah , blah , blah . Right from the start the architect develops a mental picture of what the building should look like .
In New York City , for multi-story buildings in Manhattan the façade default material is glass in the Mid-West it is reinforced concrete or masonry units .
Meeting regulatory require-
Contrasting facade default materials for multi-story buildings in the Northeast versus
Midwest to meet regulatory requirements .
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