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Abstract
Sufficient housing influence individual’s well-being and quality of life. While architectural profes- sion represents to provide innovative design with quality and high standard, it is also their respon- sibility to seek solutions to fulfill varying needs of people in global economic inequality. While architectural education is meant to proliferate such exploration, this study is concerned that cur- rent foundation design education does not inform students with the financial aspects of architecture to produce realistic designs. The following text examined different and yet, similar perspectives in teaching cost as a design determinant during the architectural foundation design education. This research included key informant interviews with experts who represent various disciplines within the built environment. These experts shared their perspectives in the significance of cost awareness in design and shared ideas to improve and challenge design quality at low cost. The key informant interviews confirmed that there is a gap in architectural education pertaining to the topic of cost as a fundamental design determinant, and identified the importance of teaching such topic in ar- chitectural foundation design education