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How to sign a contract with your architect using the Polish trusted profile, no printer needed
A design services contract does not have to travel by post or wait for a visit to the office. The trusted profile you already use for taxes handles it in fifteen minutes. Step by step, with the traps to avoid.
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Google Drive or Dropbox for your practice: organising project files so the client can find them
Project files do not have to travel by email. One folder per project, a fixed subfolder layout and a window for the client answer most of the “where is that floor plan” questions. The layout we have used for three years, and what a client portal changed.
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What clients really want to know about their project, and how to give it to them without writing emails
The client does not ask “how is it going” out of nosiness. They ask because they cannot see. Five questions I get in every project, and a way for clients to find the answers themselves before they reach for the phone.
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Your Contract With the Client — 7 Clauses That Prevent Disputes
The most expensive conflicts with clients start with what the contract never mentioned. Seven clauses I put in every design services agreement, and the situations that taught me not to skip any of them.
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Author's Supervision in Practice — How to Price and Document Site Visits
Author's supervision may be the most commonly given-away service in Polish design studios: unlimited site visits 'included' in the fee, decisions made on site with no paper trail. It can be structured properly. Here's how.
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Poland's Architecture Market in 2026 — Numbers, Sentiment, and Lessons for a Small Studio
Around 14,000 licensed IARP architects, noticeably better sentiment in large studios than in small ones, and prices under upward pressure. I went through the available market data to see what it means for a few-person office.
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Poland's January 2026 Building Law Amendment — What Actually Changes for Architects
A wider no-permit catalogue, authorities that mostly check completeness, and a new timeline for the digital construction journal. A review from the design office's desk, not from the legislative gazette.
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Polish Building Law Changes 2025–2026: What Architects Need to Know
Digital permit submissions, tighter technical standards, a simplified path for legalising old unauthorised buildings. The regulatory changes you can feel in daily practice, plus the ones still coming.
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NZEB in Practice: How to Design Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings in 2026
EP ≤ 70 is not a job for the auditor at the end of the project. What actually moves the number, in what order to decide, and what the EPBD recast changes.
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BIM for Small Architecture Offices — Is It Worth It and Where to Start in 2026
BIM has a reputation for corporate budgets and dedicated managers, yet I rolled it out in a three-person studio. What it delivers in practice, what it really costs, and how to switch without stalling live projects.
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Stages of a Single-Family Home Design Project: What Really Happens
A year and a half usually passes between your first meeting with an architect and moving in. Here is what actually happens in between, stage by stage, with realistic timelines and the spots where delays like to hide.
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AI for Architects in 2026 — Which Tools Are Actually Worth Adopting
I spent the past year testing AI tools in day-to-day design work. Some earned a permanent place in our workflow, some lasted a week. A review with limitations and a sensible adoption order.
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How to Communicate With Your Architect: A Practical Guide
A drawing is not a house, and most investor-architect conflicts grow out of that gap. A few communication habits that will save you nerves, time and real money.
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Client Portals for Architecture Offices — How to Stop Answering 'Any Updates?' Emails
The client calls asking for a status update even though the project is on track. That's not a difficult client — it's an information gap, and one tool closes it.
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Building Permit in Poland 2026: A Complete Investor's Guide
Who files the application, which documents you need, and why the statutory 65 days rarely means 65 days. A guide for first-time home builders in Poland.
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How to Track Your Home Construction Without Micromanaging
The project has started, the deposit is paid, and then the updates stop coming. You don't have to choose between calling every day and waiting in the dark. A few ground rules, agreed early, do the job.
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