His company is able to produce them quickly, he said, because he keeps a staff of full-time architects, contractors and subcontractors, who have such a smooth system down that they can finish a new mansion in less than a year, most with cedar shakes, gambrel roofs and three-car garages with radiant heating.
Full-time female architects today still earn 20% less than male architects, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
"A good day in the field is when you find enough gold to pay for your gas," concedes Gary Smith, a part-time gold prospector and full-time computer network architect at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Until they made the decision to move to the Fruit Store, the couple lived in a shared-ownership flat in north London, where Tim worked full-time as an architect and Laura as a teacher.
Last week, an engineer working for a charity building shelters at a refugee camp was shot dead by robbers shortly after he cashed his pay cheque, and a British architect working full-time in the country reported he travels everywhere with an armed guard after being attacked on several occasions.
In this episode, full-time mum Abigail Ross, 40, trainee architect James Wignall, 24, and grandmother Valerie Rolls, 67, take up their places as enthusiastic beginners in a south London glass studio to learn this ancient craft.
He and 350 software engineers and architects decided to work full-time for at least one year to help the military, with some helping as volunteers inside Ukraine's Ministry of Defense.
By Meany's estimate, between 125 and 150 architects and engineers have been working full-time for months on the project's design.
The London School of Architecture, chaired by the architect Nigel Coates, allows students to work nearly full-time, and have their employers pay their fees.
