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Establishing a Firm

EntreArchitect

The story of growing Kohn Pedersen Fox from 3 partners to an international architecture firm of 700+. In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. I hope you will join us too.

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Gene Kohn Changed My Life, and Indirectly Impacted an Entire Generation of Architects

EntreArchitect

In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Below is the talk Gene presented at the EntreArchitect Business Summit for our community of small firm architects.

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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part 1: The Necessity of Cultural Change

Architizer

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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Architecture should abandon "top-down" management to improve working conditions says Gensler co-CEO

Deezen

Architecture firms should adopt more collaborative leadership styles to address labour grievances in the industry, says co-CEO of the world's biggest architecture studio Andy Cohen, in this exclusive interview. "I Above: Andy Cohen is co-CEO of Gensler. Top: He is based at Gensler's office in downtown LA.

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Architecture is a Profession, not an Industry

DesignScape Architects

A common misconception, shared by both architectural students and people in other fields, is that architecture is an industry. If architecture were treated as nothing more than a means to make a profit, it would be stripped of all the sensitive design decisions that ultimately change people’s lives.

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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part II: Historical Background, Today’s Context and Future Steps

Architizer

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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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.