Young Architect

MAY 14, 2022

Working on construction drawings. After we solved the design problem, the next 11 months were spent… . 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. The Profession.

Architect 92

Architect Education Architecture School Contract 92

Young Architect

APRIL 20, 2022

Project Planning and Design (PPD). Construction and Evaluation (CE). The organization of these exams is similar to the timeline of a theoretical architecture project. This exam is all about programming, site analysis, and zoning/codes. Think: Investigation (not design). Project Planning and Design Exam (PPD).

Contract 90

Contract Schematic Design Management Construction 90

EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

I tell clients that we could design a successful project with nothing more than a scope of work and site plan. I ask them again to state their expected budget as part of my Pre-Design Client Questionnaire to confirm their expectations in writing. We then prepare Schematic Designs based on those expectations.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Management Firms Project 52

Young Architect

MAY 2, 2022

Construction Evaluation (CE). Project Planning and Design (PPD). PcM is all about running a firm and the business of architecture. CE is all about bidding and construction administration. . PA is all about understanding the problem the design is going to solve. In my opinion, the best ARE 5.0

Contract 94

Contract Information Management Education 94

EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

I tell clients that we could design a successful project with nothing more than a scope of work and site plan. I ask them again to state their expected budget as part of my Pre-Design Client Questionnaire to confirm their expectations in writing. We then prepare Schematic Designs based on those expectations.

Management 52

Management Project Schematic Design Architect 52

Community Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The project I now remembered had made a lasting impression on me since it was my first assignment when my then prolific boss, Heinz Egenhofer hired me for my first job out of architecture school. I was supposed to manage this project. Thus the different sheet sizes didn't matter. The building had all that.

Project 80

Project Architect Sketching Roofing 80

Community Architect

JUNE 9, 2022

My friend and Morgan architecture professor Cristina Murphy who also does teaching stints at Virginia Tech and the Technische Universiteit in Delf t (Netherlands) has tailored her studios around this question. She wrote this guest contribution describing her approach to teaching equity in architecture school.

Architecture 59

Architecture Students Education Architecture Student 59