Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2016

Simply based on my inbox, there is a new batch of bright and shiny new future architects about to graduate and they are on the hunt for their future … hopefully in an office like mine. The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% Does school prepare you for being an architect?

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Each month, dozens of architect bloggers from around the world publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. The Biggest Surprise of My Life as an Architect. When we launched our architecture firm Fivecat Studio , my wife (and architect business partner) and I structured the firm based on our strengths.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Mentoring the Young Architect. The profession of architecture has historically been dependent upon older architects mentoring younger architects. Due to the complexity of the profession, older architects need to train and mentor our young architects. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Today I’m in Chicago at AIAS Forum 2013 celebrating the new year with a thousand architecture students from every corner of North America. I’ve been asked to present a workshop session based on the Entrepreneur Architect Academy blog series , which I posted during the first weeks of this year.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition … there are a lot of people from around the planet who are anxiously awaiting these results. In no particular order … I present the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition Finalists!! All in all, it’s pretty exciting.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

About a year ago I announced the idea behind my 12/12/12 Project and invited the small Entrepreneur Architect community to take their lives to the next level. My 12/12/12 Project was to launch the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast and relaunch this website as EntreArchitect.com. “Do something life altering!”,

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

After responding to a hopeful architect on Dwell.com I decided to flesh out my answer and include more books. Naturally there is some overlap and some of these books could fit in multiple headings, this is architecture after all. Being a successful architect takes more than creating a wonderful idea and presenting it to your client.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 8, 2015

With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. Architecture is a profession like law and medicine.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

MMB Architects Office – after hours and on the weekend … empty Work / Life is a topic that is frequently discussed whenever a group of architects get together. While I believe that to be true, I am not an architecture student and therefore believe that I can say the one thing and behave in a completely opposite manner.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 20, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Do you want to be an Architect? Make Your Own Opportunities Make Your Own Opportunities Bob Borson — April 21, 2014 — 26 Comments Young architectural interns are awesome … full of promise and possibility. Michelle C.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 11, 2016

With the expansion of the EntreArchitect platform and our desire to provide the most relevant business information for small firm architects, many of the articles presented this year here at the EntreArchitect Blog will be written by others. Start by keeping it simple and prepare a new annual budget for your firm.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

I graduated from Roger Williams University School of Architecture in 1993. The nation was slowly recovering from a recession and architects were not eagerly seeking help from intern architects. I did not know any architects. My career as an architect was just going to have to wait. I had plans for my life.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 15, 2016

Successful Leadership as an Architect. Earlier that day, our hosts at the 1992 American Institute of Architecture Students Grassroots conference gave each student leader a copy of the inspirational paperback following a motivational speech about leadership. Leading by serving others has always come naturally to me.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

This week I will be traveling to Houston for the Texas Society of Architects’s 75th annual convention and design expo. I will be presenting on Friday morning and speaking on how to succeed in architecture. Every architect will benefit from the skills required to stand before others and clearly communicate their ideas.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Recently things are changing for architecture students in the United States. Though, today, many schools do not enforce these rules, the AIAS and current generations of architecture students are taking on the responsibility to educate their peers and are advocating against the unhealthy and unsafe practice of the legendary all-nighter.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. It was very interesting that many of them had similar questions to those I receive every day from the licensed architects who follow this blog. Others wanted to know about how to start their own firms. Architecture is a business.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2015

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. Bob Borson – Life of An Architect – @bobborson. Architectural Bucket List. Summer Break = Extreme Architecture.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course: Profit for Small Firm Architects today at EntreArchitect.com/FreeCourse. Catherine Meng received her bachelor of architecture degree from Cornell University and joined DLR Group Kwan Hemi in 2016 where she focuses on multifamily and student housing projects.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. I did not know any architects.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 22, 2007

Business skills are an important ingredient in the future success of design and architecture students. The post Corporations Seek MBAs with Design Skills appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This week, I am sharing blogging duties with a friend and active supporter of Entrepreneur Architect. Michael Riscica is an architect who lives in beautiful Portland, Oregon with his Labrador Retriever. Whether you are a young architect or “not-so-young” architect (like me), I think you will like what Michael shares.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. It’s not only the story of my first project, but the complete story of how my wife and architect business partner Annmarie McCarthy and I started our own architecture firm. I had no doubt.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 5, 2014

This past week I was scheduled to be in Chicago for AIAS Forum 2013, the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. Thirty dedicated minutes on stage to spread the word of Entrepreneur Architect to more than a thousand enthusiastic architecture students. I jumped at the opportunity.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This is a guest post written by my friend Taylor Schaub, a 4th-year undergraduate architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She’s pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree with a minor in Business. nosce te ipsum: know thyself.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

Learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. LePage and you are listening to EntreArchitect podcast where I speak with inspiring, passionate people who share their knowledge and expertise to help you build a better business so you can be a better architect.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 24, 2014

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is a guest post by architect Kevin J. Kevin is an Associate Professor of Architecture in the School of Design at Louisiana Tech University and has served as Director of the Community Design Activism Center (CDAC) since joining the faculty in 2006. The Architectural world is way too small.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 25, 2015

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. It’s why I launched Entrepreneur Architect. It’s free and open to all architects and architecture students throughout the world.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 15, 2018

Learn how by downloading our free course Profit for Small Firm Architects today at entrearchitect.com/freecourse. LePage and this is the podcast dedicated to a successful life as a small firm entrepreneur architect. What is it that we sell as small firm architects? Mark: 00:21.

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