T E S T I M O N I A L S
..."Sandra Odems came onto my job as an architect several months into a repair that transformed into a major renovation. She quickly organized the chaos and became my Project Manager. She was my “eyes on the ground” for 3 years and helped me tremendously. She managed the construction team, design team and reviewed numerous invoices from various vendors that were confusing and sometimes almost incomprehensible to the lay person. She kept everyone on track and moving forward.
Sandra is a highly intelligent, competent, conscientious, detailed, organized, reliable, honest and very hard working individual. Not only is she an excellent manager, she is a skilled communicator. Even though I was residing in another state during my home remodel, I always felt I was being kept abreast of the daily progress and activities at my home in New Mexico as if I was there. She proved to be very valuable to every trade working on my home and she was always available and accessible to everyone. You can rest assured that if she is on your project, it will be done correctly and with the very high standards that she demands of herself and others. I cannot say enough great things about Sandra Odems. I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to build or do a renovation without a single reservation."
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Linda Gardner, Home Owner
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"Sandra was truly a joy to work with, a number of things stood out from the beginning. She is very well organized and is a great listener. Sandra was genuinely concerned about my needs and how spaces would work best for me. If a problem arose she would tackle it until a workable solution was found. She made it clear that it was my house and that it was her job to help build the home I would be happy with. It was a pleasure to work with such an intelligent, honest and hard working professional!"
Gloria Holloway, Home Owner
.... "In the last 25 years, I have worked with many architects on a broad series of projects and Sandra is among the most talented and professional. Sandra's team brought a very complicated master plan, as well as four independent buildings to life. The design was developed in a timely fashion, and the buildings were brought in on a budget (a tight one) and on time. The design - eight years later - remains highly lauded and the buildings hold up well. We couldn't be more pleased with Sandra's work.
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....Sandra demonstrated on both projects that she is not only a talented designer, but also a true professional who listens to the client, makes every deadline throughout the process, pays attention to every detail to ensure mistakes don't happen, is conscious concerning budgetary costraints, and creates great buildings. In a state that has so many talented architects, Sandra Odems is among the very best and we would not hesitate in hiring Sandra for our next project."
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Andrew Wooden, Past Head Master of Bosque School, Albuquerque NM
...."Throughout Amarillo Botanical Gardens' years of dreaming, planning, fundraising and construction, Sandra and I were in communication on a regular basis. I found her to be extremely bright, creative, knowledgeable, perceptive and very analytical. She is also an excellent listener. Sandra is very pleasant to work with. When working with her, it is very clear that being an architect is not just her job, it is what she does and she does it very well - she has a passion for it.
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.....I have been privileged to work with a number of architects and architectural firms; most have been good. Mazria, Riskin, Odems (Sandra) stands head and shoulders above the rest. The project was far more complex, the parameters were tighter and the end product was superior.
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Jackie Wilson, Past Executive Director of the Amarillo Botanical Gardens Conservatory, Amarillo TX
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