Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

I have had very limited exposure to the large firms, only work for 1 in my career and it was only for a year – I’m probably not the authority to explain why working at a large firm could be the best decision you’ve ever made in your life. This will continue from the next conceptual stages and beyond.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition … there are a lot of people from around the planet who are anxiously awaiting these results. While there are other concerns that make this playhouse design competition much more challenging than you might think, those are the two most important.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

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. You might recognize Michael as the namesake principal of the firm where Bob and I now work.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 23, 2014

Special thanks to Bob for opening up his blog to the interns. I received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2013. Currently, I am working towards a Masters of Architecture with a certificate in Digital Design and Fabrication (DDF). I am a native Californian, growing up I split my time between Texas and California.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. It was very interesting that many of them had similar questions to those I receive every day from the licensed architects who follow this blog. Others wanted to know about how to start their own firms. Designers are born.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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. Acknowledge the investment of architecture school and the exams by showing interest and support. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This week, I am sharing blogging duties with a friend and active supporter of Entrepreneur Architect. 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.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 16, 2014

Competitions are a integral part of the architecture experience. Since architecture school and throughout our careers, design competitions provide a vehicle for architects to promote our talents and showcase our skills. Its a competition just for you, but this one is not a design competition.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

After getting into architecture school, one of the first things you learn is that the profession requires a lot of sacrifices and many years in order to reach success. If architecture is a combination of design and engineering, then it is not clear why some other engineering and design professions have faster advancement.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

Eric has authored several books on architecture, his most recent is entitled, Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide to Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Business , which expands on his thoughts below and other topics related to contemporary practice. Probably next year.”. Sound familiar? There won’t be one.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 9, 2014

I was conflicted at the time because a) I was really happy to have found a job right out of school when so many others could not, and b) I had one studio in school that I hated, and we mostly focused on retail design. Working at a small firm that did work around the country meant that my boss traveled quite a bit.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

Being unique got me noticed in the very noisy world of architecture internship. Today, graduates of architecture school have it even rougher than us “kids” of the 90s. Technology is allowing small firms to work remotely with flexible “virtual” teams. Firm leaders are busier than ever.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 18, 2007

When I was in my third year of architecture school, I picked up an issue of Entrepreneur magazine at the local supermarket. In 1999, my wife (also an architect) and I launched our residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio , in Westchester County, New York. Annmarie and I are a great team.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

Architectural schools are often staffed with educators who are ill at ease actually practicing in the “real world”. That’s right, I am going to pin my recent ( last 5 years give or take another 5 years ) weight gain on this blog.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 27, 2007

When in architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and the art alone. “If you want to make money”, he said, “quit now, take a walk across campus and enroll at the business school.”

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EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

Well, you can learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects right now 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, more time doing the work that you love.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

Our free course profit for small firm architects right now at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. As a small firm entrepreneur architect, this is Episode 229 and this week I’m speaking with an architect, writer, podcaster, and so much more. Gusto is making payroll benefits and HR easy for small businesses.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

They asked me many questions, but the one concern they had more than any other was what they should do to land their first job in architecture. I shared my thoughts and told them to watch the blog for a post on the subject. Here is my guide to landing your first job in architecture. Firm leaders are busier than ever.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

They may be documented as formal systems or they may just be a general understanding of “how we do it here” When a process is fully developed into a system with supporting documents of forms and checklists , it allows us to focus more on the details and development of a successful design. Systems allow us to be better architects.

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