Architect vs Builder

We met today with our Architect and Builder (Mark and Scott). They have been part of our team since 1994 and the start of one of Susan & my loves - doing house projects. It is amazing to see the architect and builder interact - the front end talking to the back end :)

Architects in the stroke of a pen take down walls, moves them and reconstruct them as the builder winces and questions the drawings. Meanwhile Susan and I listen to the interchange and attempt to guess the costs by the expressions and amount of ink.

My experience at Accenture taught me the value of planning before implementation - including the hard decision to pay the experts to talk and strategize vs just do it.

I think the best Architects have been Builders and the best Builders have studied Architecture. You need both and both need each other.