Note how quickly the Patron class drops away by Philadelphia or Boston latitudes. The second type of consumer is the Client. Clients are not so much sophisticated as savvy. Making themselves available for contact with architects during the design process, they acquire a modicum of instruction. The resulting building can be quite good architecture, sometimes excellent.
Clients underwrite most of the decent houses in America.
Mr. Faili has been a Client to the Hariris. Sometimes, an individual in government will rise to the level of Client. The third type is the Customer. The Customer is the most common consumer of housing. They have absolutely no contact with the designer.