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Interior Designer VS Architect
by I Michael Winegrad

Could a person be competent to design a car if they are not a trained auto mechanic? Could a person be competent to design a pair of shoes if they are not an experienced cobbler? Could a person be competent to design a house if they are not a licensed architect? Mmmm, makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

Originally, people designed and built their own homes (and still do in some places) because they knew how the home was to function for them and what features they wanted to incorporate for aesthetic value. Why consult with someone else? But in time structures became larger and construction techniques advanced and projects needed someone to oversee the building process, and so the “architect” was born.

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© I Michael Winegrad, Principal, I Michael Interior Design