Thoughts worth having when you build seriously.
Short pieces on permits, project documentation, and decisions that affect building. We also write on space, materials, and changes in contemporary residential architecture.
Tell us about your project: site and what you need.
Zagreb or Dalmatia: what changes with location
Climate is one difference. Access, infrastructure, work season, and decision rhythm differ too. An honest brief saves later rework.
Pausing a project and resuming later
Life changes priorities. A stage that ends with a document allows a calm pause and a clear resume, with the same office or another.
What detailed design (PZI) is and when you need it
Detailed design deepens main-project decisions to a buildable, procurable, controllable level. It is not the same document as the permit.
Seven questions to ask an architect before signing
The answers tell you more than a portfolio. Ask them before you sign.
What a concept design actually contains
A concept design is not a picture for a deck. It is the first version of the project you can verify and decide on.
Working remotely with an architect in Croatia
Distance is not the barrier if scope, decisions, and documents are written. The barrier is relying on oral memory.
How the building permit procedure actually runs
The procedure is clearer when inputs are ready before filing. It slips where they were not.
Spatial plans: what a client should understand
The plan frames what a plot can carry. Clients need use and obvious limits. Detailed reading belongs in analysis, not verbal hope.
Land registry before design in Croatia
A project rests on ownership and cadastre. Before concept work you need a readable trail: who owns, what is registered, what is encumbered.
Investor vs private client: what to ask of a studio
Both need a written boundary of work. Investors often need deeper risk and phasing. Private clients often need a clearer decision rhythm around a home.
Discipline coordination in the main project
The main project stands or falls on alignment of architecture, structure, and services. Coordination is the job, not an add-on.
Revisions and amendments without surprises
In-scope revisions follow rules. Larger changes go through an amendment. That keeps the project clear when intent shifts.
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