ACTUAL-SIZE

As preliminary drawings get under way, we interview contractors and, if applicable, consultants for passive solar heating, daylighting, supplemental electrical, or any other required specialty. Creating a team early on allows as efficient a design as possible, while insuring adherence to budget. Drawings are then prepared for bidding, and for the Planning and Building Departments for permit submittal... Geoffrey Scott Gainer grew up in an Arlington, Virginia house by the renowned architect Hugh Newell Jacobsen. He picked up a BArch from Virginia Tech in 1987, moved to San Francisco in 1990, and after working in the offices of Fernau+Hartman, William Dutcher, Webb Construction, and Rupel Geiszler McLeod, started his own practice, Actual-Size Architecture, in 1999.

Also known as: Actual-Size Architecture

Primary location: San Francisco United States