Imajineer Studio

Category: The Developer-Architect Lens

Notes on architecture, product development and brand work from the studio.

Architect reviewing a fee proposal beside mid-rise drawings in Phnom Penh, illustrating architecture fee structures.

The Developer-Architect Lens 17 Sep 2026 · 6 min

What Architecture Fee Structures Signal Before the Drawings

A percentage fee rises when the construction budget rises. A square meter fee rises when the floor plate grows. Neither number was chosen as an incentive, and...

Architect reviewing shop drawings during the construction administration phase on a Phnom Penh mid-rise building site

The Developer-Architect Lens 9 Sep 2026 · 4 min

The Construction Administration Phase and What It Protects

Construction administration is the last phase in an architect's contract and the first one owners try to remove. It runs the full length of construction and...

Podium garden on a mid-rise building showing landscape as infrastructure with soil depth and drainage layers over a slab.

The Developer-Architect Lens 4 Sep 2026 · 5 min

Soil Depth and Landscape as Infrastructure

A tree on a podium needs a meter of soil. A lawn survives on three hundred millimeters. That single dimension decides how much weight the slab carries for...