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Why Architects Are NOT Properly Prepared to Own and Operate an Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus, an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. To learn more about Steve and his firm Management Consulting Services, visit his website at ManagementConsultingServices.com. Wintner, AIA Emeritus.

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Back to School: Marketing for Architects

EntreArchitect

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Back to School. summer is almost over and the kids are heading back to school.

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Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One

Life of an Architect

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. I did not edit these articles in any way and I gave them no boundaries, any sucking up they did was of their own volition.

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Mentoring the Young Architect Will Enrich and Strengthen Our Profession

EntreArchitect

My intention in writing this article is to raise awareness of the importance of being good mentors with the junior staff in your office. In a few short years, I evolved from being a junior architecture staff working for everyone else to a licensed architect with interns and junior staff suddenly reporting to me. It Took a Village.

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Mentoring is an Integral Part of the Profession

EntreArchitect

He is the founder of Young Architect, a blog featuring articles about design, the architecture registration exam , entrepreneurship, and his journey as a young architect. My intention in writing this article is to raise awareness of the importance of being good mentors with the junior staff in your office. It Took a Village.

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Citizen Architect … seems redundant

Life of an Architect

Architectural schools are often staffed with educators who are ill at ease actually practicing in the “real world”. Bob Borson I am an ardent supporter of saying yes, all you have to do is read this site and imagine me sitting on the couch writing articles and preparing graphics rather than jogging around the block.

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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

EntreArchitect

When you are in the weeds of construction documents, RFI’s, AFP’s, and need a mind refresher, pick up Thinking Architecture. Tadao Ando Conversations With Students by Tadao Ando – Ando has always been one of my favorite architects since I “discovered” him at my undergrad architecture school library.