Jim DePasquale

There are, fundamentally speaking, three distinct delivery methods for construction: • Design/Bid/Build • Design/Build • Partnering A simple explanation of each would go something like this: Jim DePasquale • Design/Bid/Build follows that exact sequence. The architect, directly under contract to…

Last month I provided lots of meaty facts and figures to support the design of worship space. In many ways, however, I feel that I put the cart before the horse — for the place to begin in this discussion…

As the most significant life area of a church, worship space demands a thoughtful understanding not only with regard to the size of the space, but also with regard to its design — particularly as a response to “the way…

Now we hit the runway! We have flown at 33.000 feet in understanding the critical importance of mission statement development for your church, and then a series of articles on master planning enabled us to take a helicopter view of…

Let’s take a break from our soup to nuts journey that began two years ago. Rather than writing about another leg in that overall process of planning, funding, and building your church project, this month’s column will be devoted to…

Let’s wrap up this leg of our journey on master planning with a look at the specific components of a master plan. What are they? Over the course of the past several months we have been examining the technical criteria…

When it comes to capturing the maximum opportunities that a church site has to offer, look to the master planning leadership that your architect can provide in tandem with a landscape architect. In that vein, this month’s article is a…

Do worshipers enter your sanctuary from a busy street, still wrapped in the frenzy of the traffic outside? Do they negotiate a sea of asphalt and enter directly from an unsightly parking lot? Or do they approach the building under…

Today we turn a corner in the series of articles that I have contributed thus far. Previous writings have focused on the start-up activities of a building program — the formation of a building committee, an overview of the process,…