According to a 2001 American Institute of Architects’ survey and US census data from the same year, 38 percent of new single-family homes had “significant architect involvement” in their design and/or construction.1 This figure is remarkably low, albeit understandable, given the housing industry is considered unsafe, inefficient, fraught with errors, and litigious. Standard contractual transactions and practices are not well defined, with added risks for all involved. This adversarial context reinforces financial exposure-abating behavior, causing project teams to not engage in collaborative processes, much to the disadvantage of all stakeholders. Owners lose money and value on housing projects, architects and engineers witness a decrease in the quality of their designs, and builders are financially burdened in the process.