My approach to architecture is this:
Residential and Commercial Architecture
"We the design team, which includes the client, the consultants, the contractor, and myself, are trying to profit from the completion of the conceptual design. If any member of this team is either not respected or looses respect for what other members bring to the team, that common goal will be lost. Respect of course is not given but earned and that requires listening and developing relationships and working through problems. To me that means reviewing the clients goals, keeping the consultants up to date and aware of changes when they occur, and listening to the contractor/superintendent because in the end if the person with the hammer in hand stops swinging the common goal, profit, goes right out the door."
Of course, Architecture is about creativity and problem solving and in that regard, I close with one following thought. When I was a teenage boy, my teacher use to say you could build a building out of anything even marbles. You know he was right. All you need to do is pour the marbles on the slab within your tilt-up form. Then, put down the bars and pour the concrete. Then wait until the walls are ready to be tilted up and voila you should have a wall of MARBLES.