Assessment of Residence-Based Architectural Firms in South-West Nigeria: Users’ Characteristics and Perceptions

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A residence-based architectural firm is an architectural firm that operates at the Principal Architect’s house
The study evaluates the importance of users’ satisfaction by providing information on how well the existing buildings serve the occupants. This encompasses architects who work in a residence-based architectural firms as they are the end users of this contraption and fully understand how it works or otherwise. The users are both principal and pupil architects.This study seeks to find a balance between the home, office and staff interaction and while creating a private personal life for the architect, it incorporates an effective working place that stimulates creativity, gives work satisfaction and fosters good relationships with clients and members of staff.Research questions considered were: 1. What are the perceptions of architects about a residence-based architectural firm?
The cities were chosen based on the fact that the practice of Architecture as a profession mostly serves the elites of a society and as such those who are the-would-be clients of architects are based in the major cities of Nigeria

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A residence-based architectural firm is an architectural firm that operates at the Principal Architect’s house. Sagada (2002) stated that architectural services industry had become increasingly competitive because of increase in the number of practices which contended for the few jobs, as well as the infringement of allied professions on the roles of the Architect These challenges may have led to the changing nature of Nigerian architectural industry. The study evaluates the importance of users’ satisfaction by providing information on how well the existing buildings serve the occupants This encompasses architects who work in a residence-based architectural firms as they are the end users of this contraption and fully understand how it works or otherwise. The users are both principal and pupil architects.This study seeks to find a balance between the home, office and staff interaction and while creating a private personal life for the architect, it incorporates an effective working place that stimulates creativity, gives work satisfaction and fosters good relationships with clients and members of staff.Research questions considered were: 1. What are the perceptions of architects about a residence-based architectural firm?

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