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Our Expertise Increases Your Historic Renovation Project's Chances for Success

See how our specialized skillset differs from traditionally trained architects.

It can be frustrating when your ideas are transformed into a wonderful design only to find that it is too expensive to build. 

The project dies and you experience big time disappointment because you have put your heart, soul, and time into this project without any tangible results to show for it.   It doesn't have to be this way.

Jeff Wray Architects provides value and added services that may not be available from other architects that will avoid this disappointment.

That is because we use a business-minded approach that determines the success factors up-front.

How Do We Compare to Traditionally Trained Architects?

See how we compare to traditionally trained architects in the table below.

Task Jeff Wray Architects Traditional Architects
Comprehensive Historical Building Development Services Yes No
Determine Feasibility Yes - Step 1 No
Determine Marketability Yes - Step 2 No
Obtain Funding Commitments Yes - Step 3 No.  They find out that it is too expensive to build.
Project funding is not within the scope of a typical architect's skill set.
Community Acceptance & Support Yes - Success Virtually Guaranteed due to preliminary legwork of steps 1-2-3 unknown
Renovate/Preserve Buildings SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION YOUR DREAMS NOT REALIZED
Specialized Code Compliance Strategies Yes No
Creative, Historically Sensitive Design Yes No
Extensive Knowledge of Proven Historical Preservation Materials & Techniques Yes No

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Let the expertise of Jeff Wray Architects get your historic restoration project moving forward. 

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