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Are design-build contracts killing small architecture firms?

BD+C

Current federal contracting laws are harming the livelihood of small architecture firms, costing the government more money by increasing the number of firms competing, while discouraging small firms from entering the market, according to AIA testimony presented today on Capitol Hill.

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

Deezen

This back-end Revalu product has no visual user interface; instead, it is offered to architecture firms to plug into their own software via an application programming interface (API). Top image: bio-based materials can be found in the Material Innovation Hub This is mainly for large architecture firms using custom design tools.

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Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Start Transcript. LePage: . My name is Mark R.

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My Micro-Economy is Broken

EntreArchitect

My residential architecture firm designs, builds and renovates homes for high-earning individuals living in Westchester County, NY, one of the nation’s wealthiest regions. The success of our firm depends on these people having the income and confidence to invest in their properties. Have salaries been reduced?

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Ugly Should Be Allowed

A Better Built Environment

We spend so much time and effort regulating the look, feel, and size of individual buildings we neglect to consider the impact these regulations have on the city at large. Codes, regulations, layers of review boards and community driven barriers to development aim to control the size, style, and use of what we build.

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The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

Learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Freshbooks, the cloud based accounting software that makes running your small firm easy, fast and secure, spend less time on accounting and more time doing the work that you love. Hello, my name is Mark R.

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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.