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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

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Our complete Pre-Design Client Questionnaire template is included with your purchase of our Foundations: Business Forms and Checklists for Architects package. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Listen carefully. Estimate often. Tweet This! ).

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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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Building Resilience: How Architects Can Redefine Success Without Burnout

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From grueling all-nighters in architecture school to managing relentless client demands, architects have historically worn their stress as a badge of honor. Nutrition, sleep, and mental health aren’t just individual concerns—they directly impact the quality of the architecture we create and the built environment we shape.

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Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One

Life of an Architect

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. I hope all firms can give their interns chances to prove themselves, and support the growth of those who rise to the occasion.

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Things I Didn’t Learn at Architecture School (But Need to Know): How do I start and keep a business alive?

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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. The post Things I Didn’t Learn at Architecture School (But Need to Know): How do I start and keep a business alive? The solution?

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Back to School: Marketing for Architects

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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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Citizen Architect … seems redundant

Life of an Architect

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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