A. Fereos Architects
Founded in 2004 and currently based in Cyprus our firm is focusing on creating unique residential and commercial designs for demanding clients.
Founded in 2004 and currently based in Cyprus our firm is focusing on creating unique residential and commercial designs for demanding clients.
A good brief is the first step to delivering a successful project. Often clients require help from an expert in formulating the brief for their project and the architect is normally best-placed to assist.
The primary training of an architect is in the design of buildings in terms of function, form and regulatory compliance
You may engage your architect to provide an interior design service, advising on loose furniture, artworks and finishes.
Architects are at the forefront of the design of urban spaces in existing and proposed sections of our towns and cities.
Advising if your project requires planning permission and producing the relevant information for making an application to the local authority. You may also engage an architect to provide services in connection with planning appeals. Your architect may communicate on your behalf with planning authorities.
Your architect may act as PSDP or an alternative person may be appointed to the role.
The architect normally is best positioned to act as the project-manager coordinating the other inputs to deliver a project successfully.
Dealing on your behalf with the building contractor and administrating the project to ensure that it is delivered in accordance with the design and planning permission.
Your project may require the input of specialist consultants such as a Structural Engineer or Quantity Surveyor, and your architect will coordinate their involvement.
Measure existing buildings for the purpose of making drawings to assist in design proposals for alterations or additions.
Inspect and establish the condition of a property and prepare a report.
An architect is typically the most appropriate professional to act as Design Certifier and Assigned Certifier
Your architect can advise you how to optimising orientation, microclimate, building fabric, lifecycle costing, energy and water consumption and ensure compliance with Building Regulations. Additionally, if you require options for future proofing your building against future costs, or creating a zero carbon building the implications can be established by a specific studies at an early stage.
If the building you own is ‘historic’, a ‘Protected Structure’ or in an ‘Architectural Conservation Area’ you will need the advice of an architect with skills in conservation. Even if your building is not listed by the Planning Authority it can still be worthy of conservation and you will want to make sure that its character is not damaged in the process of any alterations or extensions you plan to carry out.
Architects offer dispute resolution services such as mediation and conciliation.
The process of designing any kind of project is a serious procedure that both involve the client and the expertise of our studio. A large project requires a large investment and therefore clients are always concerned about risks.
Understanding the needs and philosophy of our clients through an extensive dialogue where we provide many technical answers and tips helping them to clearly picture their plans in real conditions. We provide technical analysis between their requests concerning all major needs of a project such as space calculation, labour costs, material quantities, consultancy payments and any kind of information that will help to achieve optimized procedures for the actual building process.
We confront each new project as a unique case that unfolds and extends its shape and technical capacities to perfectly adjust on the clients most profound requests. No matter how personal and unique are our clients stylish and technical requests we not only help them to shape them on drawings but we actually provide the means to build them in reality.
