THE CREATIVE TOUCH
“The beauty of the desert lies in the fact that somewhere there hides a well.”~ The Little Prince

And so it is with the “breakthrough opportunities” that hide within the design and construction phases of a custom home building project that, with the proper coaxing, make themselves known. Because opportunities are hard to see on a flat piece of paper, one must trust the parties controlling the direction to “find the well”.

The first suggestion of a “well” occurs with the coming together of the team charged with defining the scope and magnitude of the project. And it is the builder who ultimately becomes the translator for the team, and the one responsible for the correct interpretation and implementation of the interactive disciplines.

The team…all leaders within their own disciplines…must know how to create and design, and when to stop.

The team must know not only how much one can add to the project, but also how much not to take away from the beauty of the surroundings.

Finally, the team must tailor their respective disciplines to the needs and success of the project as a whole. And, once the “well” is identified, collectively, they must strive to “produce two blades of grass, where once there was but one.” Frank Lloyd Wright