Structural drawings and calculations, produced in the same office as the architecture and coordinated with it from the first sketch rather than reconciled at the end.
That coordination is not an administrative nicety. It is where buildability and budget are decided — a frame designed around the architecture, and an architecture designed around the frame, cost less than either one imposed on the other.
Spans, openings, cantilevers and level changes decide what the frame has to do. We work them out against the design as it stands rather than waiting for it to be finished.
You end up withStructural strategy and early constraintsFoundations follow the soil, not the plan. Slope, bedrock, fill and water all change what the building has to sit on, and all of them are cheaper to find out about early.
You end up withFoundation approach and any survey requirementsMembers are sized and the frame calculated, with the assumptions recorded. Where a structural answer would compromise the architecture, we say so while the architecture can still change.
You end up withCalculations and member sizingConnections, reinforcement and the awkward junctions get drawn properly. Most site improvisation happens at details nobody drew.
You end up withReinforcement and connection detailsQuestions arise once concrete is being poured. We answer them against the calculations rather than by eye.
You end up withSite answers and any revisionsThe frame is being designed from nothing and should be designed with the architecture, not after it.
Removing a wall or adding a floor is a structural question first and an architectural one second.
The application needs structural drawings and calculations, prepared to the standard the authority expects.
A second opinion on someone else's structure is a small cost against the thing it checks.
C.F.L. has been designing and delivering buildings from Limassol since 2009 — long enough to know how the local authorities read a set of drawings.
Design, engineering, permits and inspection under one roof means one number to call when something needs deciding — and nobody able to point at somebody else.
Because both sets come from one office, a clash is resolved as a design decision rather than negotiated between two firms with different clients.
Seismic and ground conditions in Cyprus are a design input here, not a box ticked at the end of a template from elsewhere.
Timings depend on the plot, the size of the building and how quickly the authorities respond. Ask us for a schedule against your specific project.
€600 – €2,000
The range covers most projects of this kind. Your exact fee depends on the plot, the building and the scope, and is set out in a written proposal before work starts.
A single-storey family house in Asgata, its stone entrance volume and timber screens set under broad white roof planes.
Six apartments on three floors in Germasogeia, with deep planted balconies that give the façade its rhythm.
A single-storey house on an open plot in Kalavasos, planned around its pool and shaded terraces under white roof planes.
Three independent villas on one sloping plot in Agios Athanasios, parking tucked under the houses, one shared architectural language.
“Most of what people ask us in the first meeting is answered in here. Read it first — then the meeting can be about your project rather than the basics.”
Why the frame is set by decisions made before it is drawn, which architectural choices are structurally expensive, and what to ask an engineer before construction starts.
Get your free eBookConcept to photorealistic walkthrough, before a single wall is built.
Mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems designed with the architecture, not bolted on afterward.
Energy Performance Certificates prepared to the Cyprus regulatory standard.
