Schematic Design and Planning Services

After completing the pre-design phase, schematic design and planning services are the next step in bringing your dream home to life. This stage solidifies your ideas and includes the preparation of everything engineering and construction teams need for building.

CW Architects partners with you for residential schematic design services that help ensure your vision is honored and executed.

Our Schematic Design Services in TN

As full-service architects for luxury home design, our experts rely on a proven seven-step process to uphold building success.

1. Concept

During this first step, we collaborate with you on your concept. We’ll use the findings from the pre-design phase as an overarching guide to tie your materials, form, layout, and overall experience together.

2. Design Draft

The design draft stage is where our architects create the first schematic design drawings for your new home. This initial set of plans encompasses:

• Layouts showing room relationships and sizes
• Basic elevations to visualize the building’s exterior, height, roof forms, and general appearance
• Site integration, displaying your home’s orientation, views, and topography
• Material concepts covering major design elements like windows, cladding, and roofing
• Cross-sectional building views detailing floors and ceiling height
• Scale and proportion, showing how various features relate to each other

Check out this video on our YouTube that shares some of the behind-the-scenes processes of schematic design. 

3. Design Meeting

Once your schematics are complete, we’ll invite you in and present options for your review. You can explore the various designs we prepare and request any adjustments to ensure the plans meet your wants and needs.

4. Final Draft

During this step, our designers prepare a final schematic draft. We’ll incorporate any changes and feedback you provided during the review meeting to create the design that best reflects your goals.

5. Draft Meeting

Our mission is always to ensure that you’re confident with your new home investment, so we’ll gladly revisit the previous two steps until the results meet your expectations. The draft meeting is the final design review to confirm alignment.

6. Cost Estimate

Making informed budget decisions is a priority when you’re building a new home. Our designers provide a detailed estimate of costs to help guide you. We can draw pricing from previous projects and customary local averages, or work with your preferred contractor for more realistic estimates.

7. Renderings Review

CW Architects provides an optional renderings review, where we can model your new home in our advanced software. You’ll get to watch your future residence come to life with photo-realistic depictions.

This stage is the final step before moving into design development, where we’ll bridge schematic design with detailed construction documents.