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DESIGN DEVELOPMENT With increased understanding of the project, the nature and relationships of key places form the basis of the imaginative development of the design - the project begins to take on a life of its own, and is communicated using sketches, drawings and models as appropriate. The design process can be thought of as an upward spiral of increasingly detailed understanding of the character of the proposals, in terms of costs and other practical implications, as well as in design terms. The key stage at every turn of the spiral is thorough discussion of the design with the client, further developing shared ownership of, and commitment to the project. We manage this process to ensure that we converge on a chosen scheme at an appropriate time - we don't hurry the process, but neither do we let the project become lost in a morass of options.