Kathy & Paul
We are writing this to very highly recommend Peter Weiss and his team as architect for your new home. After having spent two years with another architect team, we switched to Peter and found out how much better the whole process can be.
Here’s what we can say about the process with Peter. Having spent two years with the first architects we had a good idea what we wanted but there were still plenty of challenges fitting it all into our desired square footage. Peter listened carefully and his initial draft plan was on target with achieving both functional and aesthetic considerations (we are on the bay and wanted certain views). But we did decide on some major changes and immediately saw that Peter was challenged and not offended (versus other architect). This continued as we fine tuned needs and design issues. It was great to never hear “oh not sure we can do that,” and furthermore to have turn around changes within days. This was primarily due to Peter’s brilliant capabilities which sometimes allowed him to redesign on the spot. Besides aesthetics he is on top of all of the technical and many building considerations. In addition, Peter was incredibly patient when we changed our mind and was always receptive despite frequent changes.
We have had our construction plans since September (2016) and even afterwards Peter has been available to make changes and consult with, in our case even flipping the house design!
Clearly, I have gone into this detail to let people know how great an architect Peter is but also to help you not make the mistake we did and to understand how important the design process is versus the wow factor of website pictures or houses you admire. Experience, ability to listen to your needs, commitment, and expertise is what matters! Peter and his team have it all. We couldn’t be happier with our final design.
