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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), must earn a profit.

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7 Reasons Why Small Firm Architects Should NOT Abandon the AIA

EntreArchitect

Many small businesses, including many small architecture firms, after years of finding ways to keep the doors open are succumbing to the years of economic instability and calling it quits. We’re spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm… and much sacrifice remains. The AIA Will Not Save Us.

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Dezeen survey finds 84 per cent of UK architecture studios want to reverse Brexit "catastrophe"

Deezen

"Recruitment of architectural staff has been made more difficult as EU staff have vanished and there are not enough UK-trained architects with relevant skills seeking work," said Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. It is even harder for small firms to compete on salaries." "One Salaries have risen.

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10 Ways An Architect Can Make More Money

EntreArchitect

Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), But wait… for architects, there’s more.

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Entrepreneur Architect Academy 009 | Five Provisions for Your Architectural Services Agreement

EntreArchitect

You may be surprised by what they offer for the sole proprietor and small architecture firm. For small project practitioners, using a document tailored specifically to the requirements of the project is of utmost importance. Take a few minutes to look at what’s happening at AIA Contract Documents. – Mark.

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10 Ways Architects Can Make More Money

EntreArchitect

Like any small business, architects must pay the typical operating expenses required to remain buoyant, such as utilities, professional service fees, consultants’ fees, insurances and several other overhead expenditures. Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), must earn a profit.

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The Gift of Crisis

EntreArchitect

With five years of work behind us, our firm had just been getting its sea legs when the crisis hit. Finding a full-time job at a big architecture firm was one possible path. I had never assembled an investor pitch deck, navigated insurance for a project like this, or structured a business entity like this one.