EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. They establish the discipline required for financial success and the freedom to develop a portfolio of highly developed architecture. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Listen carefully. Estimate often.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. You might recognize Michael as the namesake principal of the firm where Bob and I now work. Arch at UT Austin.

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Portland Architecture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Educated and beginning his career in Montana, Doug Minarik first came to Portland in 2008, where he spent three years at SRG Partnership and then two years at Works Progress Architecture, before founding his own firm in 2013. . PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE: When did you first become interested in architecture as a possible career?

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 2, 2024

From grueling all-nighters in architecture school to managing relentless client demands, architects have historically worn their stress as a badge of honor. Each step revealed unique insights into the architectural profession’s demands—and its vulnerabilities.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2023

Evelyn Lee is the Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, founder of Practice of Architecture , and co-host of the podcast, Practice Disrupted. She takes inspiration from her experience in tech and outside of the profession to reimagine practice operations for firms.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Erin Pellegrino and Jake Rudin are the co-founders of Out of Architecture , a career consulting firm helping architects and designers find creatively fulfilling roles beyond the bounds of traditional architectural practice. She is on a mission to make architecture websites sound more human, less robot. It sounds grim.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 7, 2011

I just need to tack up my shingle, design great buildings and clients will come knocking. Maybe… but whether clients come knocking or not, its not so simple to keep them knocking. As our firm grows and evolves, priorities change, markets shift, economies collapse. No one told me that I needed to know how to run a business.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

We have a lot of photographers that are friends of the firm and we found one who was willing and able to accommodate the size of our model. I want to go to architecture school but I don’t really enjoy making models–the process is quite frustrating for me… should all aspiring architects be passionate about model making?

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

The gender pay gap at Foster + Partners is the widest it has been since the data was first compiled six years ago despite an overall improvement at the UK 's largest architecture firms year-on-year, official figures show. The Royal Institute of British Architects reported a 9.3 per cent gap following a marked narrowing from 15.1

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Young Architect

MAY 14, 2022

Invoicing clients, . Managing their clients and employees. Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Working on construction drawings.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

When I first graduated from architecture school – and for the next few jobs afterwards – I truly felt that all I needed to get a terrific job was a diploma from an awesome college ( check ) and a kick-ass portfolio ( double check ) and I could get a job anywhere I wanted.

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Architizer

AUGUST 7, 2024

These models were not only essential design aids but also powerful communication tools, enabling architects and clients to visualize and interact with proposed spaces. Clients often find physical models more engaging than renderings and drawings, as they can touch, examine and better understand the design.

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Young Architect

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Here’s an overview of the products featured this year/ Act quickly to take advantage of these time sensitive deals… Fundamentals of Starting An Architecture Firm – New Course The ARE Boot Camp The Young Academy The ARE Webinar The New Young Architect Academy Bookstore PPI2Pass Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It isn’t unreasonable to think an intern would be far more knowledgeable than the licensed architect, sitting just a few feet over, in some of the various methods and technologies that architectural firms employ. ” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college?”

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A4 Architects

APRIL 30, 2024

In Honor of Our 20 Year Anniversary I graduated from Architectural School in 1990 and received my professional license to practice architecture by passing all eight exams by 1993, which was the earliest I was allowed to sit for the exams following a three-year required internship period.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. I personally looked at it as character building and preparing us for that bad client. I also witnessed a couple of bad clients, too. Building with Structural. oh well, it was drafted well.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

New this season, firms can gain recognition for their entire portfolio of work thanks to the addition of the new Best Firm categories celebrating practices of all sizes, geographies and specializations. Wandile arrived at Andrews University, Michigan, a precocious architecture student with charismatic leadership qualities.

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Archmark

APRIL 6, 2023

Taking the Guesswork Out of Social Media for Architects What social media platforms to choose for your architecture firm and how to use them A strong social media presence is essential for any business in today’s digital world - and the architecture industry is no exception.  Is social media even appropriate for architects?

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

For me personally, juggling architecture school and getting through the Architect Registration Exam, while making a living has been my biggest hurdle in becoming an architect. During college I worked for a firm for only 6 months, before I threw up my hands and quit. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

For me personally, juggling architecture school and getting through the Architect Registration Exam, while making a living has been my biggest hurdle in becoming an architect. During college I worked for a firm for only 6 months, before I threw up my hands and quit. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

1 – Starting at the academic level, the architecture schools’ curriculum of the 21st century need to include collaboration with contractors, developers and business owners. 2 – After graduation, the newly minted architectural intern should enter a dedicated network of architecture firms. LEED AP BD+C.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Home / Graphics / Graphic Standards Graphic Standards Bob Borson — October 21, 2013 — 99 Comments How an architect draws is a reflection of many things – you can frequently tell the priorities of a firm just by looking at the quality of their drawings. But that’s not really the entire story is it? I like them.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

It reads: The complimentary advice provided on ‘Life of an Architect’ is based on an abbreviated examination of the minimal facts given, not the typical extensive (and sometimes exhaustive) analysis I conduct when working with my clients. I am 25, however, and this would keep me in school for significantly longer.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

For the past twelve weeks, we’ve explored every element required for a successful architecture firm. I’ve been continuously improving my firm’s project management system since we launched in 1999. Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. Listen carefully. Estimate often.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

In architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and art alone. “If If you want to make money”, they said, “quit now, take a walk across campus and enroll at the business school.”. The following is an introduction to The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto. .

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Emanuel School Science Facility, Battersea Rise – Building Information. Type of project: Independent school campus. Client: Emanuel School. Design Engine are a multi-award-winning architecture practice founded in 2000 with studios in Winchester, London and Exeter. London Architecture News.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Back to School. summer is almost over and the kids are heading back to school.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Architectural schools are often staffed with educators who are ill at ease actually practicing in the “real world”. They find refuge in academia with its impressionable young students eager to learn what they have to say (since their prospective clients were not interested).

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 9, 2012

My wife and I launched our architecture firm, Fivecat Studio , in 1999. Young, ambitious and a little crazy, we started with no money and no clients. Running a successful architecture firm is very much like raising kids. Starting is actually the single hardest part of launching a firm. We were 29 years old.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

Overall, what struck me about the list was the way the majority of the titles appeared to skirt architecture and design, with the monograph on Lewerentz and Douglas Spencer's Critique of Architecture firmly within the bounds of architecture but the other three books more on the field's margins.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

This is because we are on the edge of a complete flip in how every service industry functions, including medicine, law, and architecture. Every potential client who architects serve under 40 has created a software derived sketch. Take those tools and multiply their capacities by 1,000 in the coming decades, and architecture changes.

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Bustler

JANUARY 23, 2024

The school says their experience will later pay dividends in the student’s future professional endeavors, especially in terms of making concept presentations to clients and other related aspects that are equally vital parts of the architectural trade. firms that were included in the 2024 Guild Charrette Committee.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School. An oldie but a goodie —Matthew Frederick had what has now become the architecture student’s bible published back in 2007, yet surprisingly, it is still as relevant today as it was then. By Matthew Frederick. Calm Subscription. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter.

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Architecture Chat

JANUARY 9, 2021

Five years of a learning experience The mind of an architecture student is indeed a cauldron filled with fretting emotions, art, thought-provoking ideas, stories, and myriad experiences. Five years spent in an architecture school are nothing less than a roller-coaster that persuades you to find hidden values and varying purposes.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the “real” world with the ability to hold a pen, pencil, paintbrush – whatever – and work through their ideas, explore concepts, or sit across from a client and communicate through drawings. [T Whats your guess. Check us out online!

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