Collaboration Wins & Costly Mistakes: An Architect, Builder, and Designer in Conversation Presented by Custom Builder

Late decisions (or those made in a silo) can create expensive corrections and compromise the vision of a custom home. This panel—an architect, a builder-developer, and a lighting designer—draws on multiple projects to show where collaboration succeeds and where gaps in coordination and communication create costly mistakes. The conversation explores what each discipline needs from the others early in the process, how standard workflows can fail, and how intentional alignment across architecture, construction, and design improves budget, client experience, and project outcome. Panelists will share honest stories of successes and missteps, offering lessons that apply to architects, builders, and designers of all stripes.