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of such involvement have seen depletion
over the years. Architectural perspective has
been largely lost in today’s processes where a
builder often only works from a paper draw-
ings and attempts to interpret the instruc-
tions. “Architectural drawings are an abstrac-
tion,” says Smith. “Almost eighty percent of
general contractors don’t even know how to
properly read an architectural plan .”
THE DISCERNING
DIFFERENCE
So, beyond their knowledge of what could
be considered as classic fundamentals and
principals of design, Altius Architecture
provides another classic component that is
Cathy Garrido Graham Smith