Large, Medium & Small House Designs, Home Designers, and Architects

What’s the Difference Between Home Designers and Home Architects?

Rand Soellner Architect can be considered a home designer as well. However, it doesn’t go both ways. Home designers are not considered home architects.  The reason?  The term “architect” is licensed by various states in the United States of America.  The term “home designers” has no licensing or educational requirements whatsoever and has no regulation.  Also, most architects these days have advanced degrees in architecture from major universities.  For instance, Rand Soellner Architect has both Bachelors and Masters degrees in architecture from the University of Florida and U of F Graduate School of Design.  He has chosen to specialize as a home architect.  This also means the term: home designer falls under his firm’s skill set.
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