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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Invoicing clients, . Managing their clients and employees. Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Working on construction drawings.

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Mentoring the Young Architect Will Enrich and Strengthen Our Profession

EntreArchitect

For me personally, juggling architecture school and getting through the Architect Registration Exam, while making a living has been my biggest hurdle in becoming an architect. During college I worked for a firm for only 6 months, before I threw up my hands and quit. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients.

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Decoupling revenue from time [9]

A Better Built Environment

Lately my thoughts have been focused on how to improve upon running a design firm. What are the lessons I have learned from starting a firm, working for other people, and serving residential clients over the past 10 years? What are my design values and how can I attract clients that share these values? It is predictable.

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Mentoring is an Integral Part of the Profession

EntreArchitect

For me personally, juggling architecture school and getting through the Architect Registration Exam, while making a living has been my biggest hurdle in becoming an architect. During college I worked for a firm for only 6 months, before I threw up my hands and quit. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients.

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Be Better

EntreArchitect

Others wanted to know about how to start their own firms. Should non-architects be permitted to use the term “architect”? Architecture is a business. The lessons we learn and the skills we acquire during our time in architecture school make us unique to any other people on earth. How would they compete?

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The Architect's Questionnaire: Doug Minarik

Portland Architecture

Educated and beginning his career in Montana, Doug Minarik first came to Portland in 2008, where he spent three years at SRG Partnership and then two years at Works Progress Architecture, before founding his own firm in 2013. . PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE: When did you first become interested in architecture as a possible career?

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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. They establish the discipline required for financial success and the freedom to develop a portfolio of highly developed architecture. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Listen carefully. Estimate often.