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Rand Soellner Architect is one of a very few residential architects in the Lake Toxaway area. He is a leading home architect category 1 (1 2006-2009 Google typical organic searches). Many clients seek him out to program and design their homes in the mountains of the Blue Ridge Appalachians, the Rockies, and others are beginning to understand that they really don’t have to live in one of these rocky regions to be able to enlist Rand Soellner’s design abilities to create their own unique house plans, no matter where in the world that may be. Some clients have sites beside peaceful lakes, others by a stream, and others on only an acre or two in a suburban subdivision, but they want special residential architects creating their home design. Who better to provide that than the world’s leading mountain home architect? Some people want a taste of the good mountain life right where they normally live and work.
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Residential Architects and Their History
Residential Architects
Residential architects are a unique breed of home designer. Rand Soellner’s family has a background in residential design and home construction dating back into the 1700′s in Bavaria, where several Sollner homes still proudly stand, after centuries (the “e” was added after the umlaut ”o” at Ellis Island in 1869 when Rand’s great grandfather immigrated to America). Soellner’s residential design and construction roots go deep.
The Difference Between Luxury Residential Architects and Home Designers
Residential architect Rand Soellner has a client's estate home under construction in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. (C)Copyright 2009 Rand Soellner, All Rights Reserved Worldwide.
What is the difference between a residential architect and a home designer? Well, for one thing, an architect is licensed by one or more states to practice his profession and he is held to higher standards. He is a real architect. He can chose to specialize as a residential architect. Home designers are not licensed in any capacity and have no legal standards governing what they do.
An architect also has typically attended a major accredited university (Rand Soellner went to the University of Florida and had a 3.9 average through graduate school, where he obtained his Master of Arts in Architecture degree). An architect (and those that choose to be a residential architect) also have to pass a grueling series of exams to prove to some very demanding practicing architects that they know how to design projects.
Rand Soellner passed his licensing exam in 1982 and has since expanded his licensure to several states. An architect also goes through an extended apprenticeship program, usually lasting 10 years or so. Furthermore, every year, a licensed architect (and residential architects) must take continuing education courses to refresh and expand their knowledge. Mr. Soellner has actually served as an instructor in this capacity for the AIA in past years. So, there is a big difference between residential architects and home designers.
Some residential architects continue to distinguish themselves, like Rand Soellner, AIA/NCARB, by becoming certified by NCARB (National Council of Registration Boards). This normally takes about a decade of documented impeccable performance. Mr. Soellner obtained this level in 1990. He recently was also accepted to practice in Washington State, a seismic area, obtaining his license after being thoroughly reviewed by Washington’s Department of Licensing. He takes his firm’s role as residential architects seriously and joyfully, whether it be as a log cabin architect or castle home architects.
Residential Architects and Why They Enjoy Home Design
Why does Rand Soellner’s company have such an interest as a luxury residential architect? “It’s just something inside me,” said Soellner, “…like a spark that keeps glowing brighter, year after year.” Residential architects are a special niche. A commercial architect will likely refer people seeking home designs to an well-known luxury residential architect like Rand Soellner. Rand commented: “This is such a specialty and it takes decades to master it. We actually have a client whose brother is a practicing commercial architect. He referred his brother to me. I would no sooner attempt to design a nuclear power plant than they would attempt to design a residential home.”
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