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The Commercial Design Process: How it Works in Cape Town

DesignScape Architects

However, specific local regulations and restrictions that impact the design process will vary from country to country. Research is an essential part of any design journey, so let's outline what you'll learn in this blog, so you can feel more comfortable when you start a design project.

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The Best Architect Exam Prep Resources

The Architect's Guide

Project, Planning, & Design (PPD). Project Planning & Design (PPD) is an exam that tests your ability to design sites and buildings. It should be called “Schematic Design.” This exam is five long hours of you applying all of your critical design thinking to show that you can properly design a project.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

What I love most about the Architecture industry is that it is sooo vast. A Highly Regulated Profession. Did you know, it is technically illegal to call yourself an Architect in the US if you do not have an active license with both the state you live in and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB ) ?

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

One could spend hours thumbing through the renderings of United Design Architects , or UDA, the Tehran and Portland based architecture firm co-founded by Iranian architect Raha Ashrafi. Left: Hobhouse, London, United Kingdom, 2020 A+Awards Jury Winner in the Architecture +Brick category; Right: Cécile Brisac via Architonic.

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Weaving international work into your architecture career

EntreArchitect

The firms I worked for in Shanghai hired foreign staff to lead the design efforts while relying on local architects to address the codes, regulations, drafting, and rendering tasks. He currently works as a consultant at CVG , helping architecture firms run better businesses.

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Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

So there might be some differences in terms of providing architectural services, but let’s say a fee of $100,000. Phase one of the of that project might be, let’s say schematic design and we’re going to say it’s gonna take three months and it’s going to be worth 30 percent. So 30, $30,000.

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Architecture Market Analysis Report

Architecture Quote

Architecture market analysis: Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Where do architectural firms find their potential customers, how do they meet, and what does the architecture market look like in these places? For countless decades, architecture firms have been dependent on word-of-mouth tactics.