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planning resources for homeowners The Forever Home Roadmap How to Avoid Re-Doing Your Renovation in Ten Years! Download what’s Inside? Most families begin a renovation without a clear picture of where their home is ultimately headed. The Forever Home Roadmap is a step-by-step planning guide designed to change that — helping growing, empty-nester, and multigenerational

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Services – Multifamily

multi-family Multi-family SERVICES Our experience includes multifamily residential projects of varying scale and complexity — from boutique developments to larger mixed-use buildings. We understand the balance between design quality, unit efficiency, and the regulatory landscape that multifamily development requires. DISCUSS YOUR PROJECT EXPLORE OUR MULTI-FAMILY WORK Our principals Justin Cullen and Kiley Wilfong Cullen, began

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Services – Commercial

commercial Commercial Architecture From mission-driven nonprofit facilities to workplace interiors, we design commercial spaces that serve their purpose well, hold up over time, and reflect the values of the organizations inside them. Our commercial work ranges from ground-up new construction to interior reconfigurations, and we’re comfortable navigating the regulatory complexity, consultant coordination, and stakeholder management

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Services

services Residential Services For growing, empty-nester, and multigenerational families in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. LEARN MORE Commercial Services For organizations, businesses, and developers across Maryland, DC, and Virginia. LEARN MORE Multifamily For developers and property owners across Maryland, DC, and Virginia. LEARN MORE OUR APPROACH Every project we take on — whether it’s a phased

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About

about Meet Ven Studio Architects Ven Studio Architects is a team of five architects and designers based in Bowie, Maryland. Since 2017, we’ve helped growing and multigenerational families across Maryland, DC, and Virginia design homes that hold every phase of life — planned from the beginning to evolve with the people inside them, built all

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Your Forever Home, Designed to Grow With You Ven Studio Architects helps growing and multigenerational families in Maryland, DC, and Virginia plan their forever home — then build it all at once or in smart stages as life and budget allow. When your home no longer fits the life inside it, the answer isn’t just

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Consultants

Introduction February’s blog post, “Additional Services,” briefly highlighted a few services that are typically provided by outside consultants. A consultant, in the field of Architecture, is an individual or group that specializes in a field related to buildings or the site on which a building is located. Depending on the scope of the project and

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Additional Services

Introduction January’s blog post, “Architectural Fees,” discussed the factors typically considered in arriving at an architectural fee. Each of these factors – fee structure, estimated construction cost, and estimated hours required – is entirely dependent on the scope of work. So what happens when the scope changes after the Owner-Architect agreement has been signed? There

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Architect’s Fees

Introduction December’s blog post, “Owner-Architect Agreement,” gave an overview of the major components that are typically seen in a contract between Architect and Owner. One of these major components is the Architect’s fee: the compensation required for the Architect to complete the scope of work discussed. There are multiple factors that play a role in

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