The architect should be ashamed.

I would get in contact with an architect and/or a local city or county building inspector whichever hold jurisdiction in that locale off the record. 

(Get yourself a laser measure, I have a Bosch, was about $70)Here is a little background: the majority of Milwaukee houses have been built in the 1920 and in the 1960s, so plans were either prints (for the common folk) or hand drawn by an architect (for the wealthy). 

Wow, your son is designing the building, you have a son old enough to be an architect?

He also has construction experience and is currently an architect.

We dealt with the building department, the health department, architects, engineers, the court system, and everything in between before it was over.

of The Micro House Ideas Competition along with the Denver Architectural League, Roth+Sheppard Architects, studio 2b, hobbs:design and Zeppelin Development.

., it wouldn't need to cost a penny extra (minus cost of the LEED certification itself) with an architect that knows what he's doing.

Kinda funny coming from a 54 year old who never even earned a high school diploma but still makes a decent living doing bookkeeping.Anyway, my hubby is a full time Enterprise Architect and I'm a Bookkeeper/Seamstress.

If you’re changing the layout of the house, you will definitely need permits as well as help from the architect that you’ve found.