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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Listen carefully. I always ask for feedback. Photograph your work.

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How To Get Published as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

Every architect has a dream of having their work published in books and magazines. Some in regional lifestyle magazines and others in national journals. Annmarie and I thought the project came out rather well, so we decided to enter a few photos in an online competition organized by This Old House magazine.

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7 Steps to a Happy Work Week as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2018. This quiet time would clear my mind and prepare me for the “chaos” that is running a small firm architecture studio. I then review my responsibilities as administrator of the firm, as well as my responsibilities as a husband and dad. Scan Email.

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Success and Failures of a Small Firm Architecture Studio

EntreArchitect

The current edition of Residential Architect magazine includes a feature titled, Rebound. It leads with a story about my firm, Fivecat Studio. I’m a natural born entrepreneur and my optimistic nature has always pushed our firm to the limits. Have you made changes to your firm as the economy begins to improve?

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Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm. After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long term goals and decided to start a personal blog, develop design projects, and learn everything that I could about starting an architecture firm.

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How To Build A Powerful Email Newsletter For Your Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

Years before launching EntreArchitect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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Designed Transition

Landscape Architecture Magazine

If there were good, recent books on passing a design firm’s ownership from founders to successors (there aren’t), it sounds as if Cheryl Barton, FASLA, and Kate Orff, FASLA, would have had little use for them. Early in her career, she worked at the Office of Dan Kiley and later was a principal at EDAW before that firm became a part of AECOM.

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