Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Moe…
Selecting an architect is one of the most telling choices in the life of a project, and the criteria vary depending on the type of project you’re doing. If you’re hiring an architect only because the law requires you to, price is probably your primary criteria. If you’re hiring an architect to work on your personal home, trust and communication is probably key. If you’re hiring someone to do a large complicated job, experience is often the most important factor you should look at. Notice the one issue I did not mention is size, and this is because with the advent of modern CAD and BIM software, any firm can conceivably tackle just about any project, having a firm of 20 people is not an advantage if the project only takes 2-3.