The Architectural Professional

The architectural professional is the central entity of the professional team, is the design vanguard fulfilling the role of creative interpreter to the expressed need to build, making proposals to meet the intention and to guide this creative process to successful conclusion.

The architectural professional is involved through the full term of the “building delivery process” and is authorised by the client in a contract of agency to instruct the other building professionals and the contractors.

The architectural professional performs the central design role of the project and has “total project comprehension”, incorporates the design contribution of the other professionals into the project and guides the process to fulfil the overall intention.

This service involves fulfilling the role of “principal agent” and represents the service provided for by SACAP, in their recommended fee for a “standard service”.