Church Design & Church Building Design Simplified

Take it from a Christian church architect with over 20 years of church design experience. Reusing church plans from previous building projects often provides a simpler and cheaper way for churches to get their buildings designed.

When church design was done with pencil on a drafting table, the technology simply did not support reusing those designs for other projects.

Today, however designing a church (or any other building for that matter) may often start with a building that is similar in size and design to what is needed by a church.  The digital age allows church designers to reuse work that was done for other projects saving a great deal of time and effort, which should translate into savings for the church.  In computer software design, programmers create objects that they can reuse in other programs, saving time and effort.  The same is true in the church design world, drawings or portions of drawings may be reused in other church building designs.

If churches were aware of the savings that were possible by reusing design work from another church project,

many of them would be excited to search out building plans that would, with reasonably little effort, be suitable for their building project.  With church design savings as high as 80%, most churches should seriously consider modifying plans rather than designing from scratch. Not only will utilizing designs from other church projects save money, but there are time savings as well.  The church design process is greatly shortened when churches can look at many existing church plans and then discuss the modifications instead of starting from square one.

That said, there is a point of diminishing return when the number and complexity of design changes substantially negate some or all of the savings.

The key to saving time and money in church design by using stock plans is found in finding building plans that are quite similar to what the church requires and can afford.  Just because the church is saving tens of thousands of dollars on church design does not negate the need for the church to objectively understand what it needs and can afford to build. It is usually in the church's best interest to objectively determine these issues through a church needs and feasibility program.  Once the church knows what they need to build and how much they can afford to build, it is in a position to select a church building design that will not only save them money, but will also be right for their ministry.

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