EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

I believe architectural education needs to train architects to recognize and harness our innate desire to create. Architecture school need to teach architects how to better listen, communicate, as well as design. School connects those who want to do things with how to do them in any discipline. Its silly to say “Change.”

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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. Arch at UT Austin.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 23, 2014

On a personal note, I have been working mostly with John this summer on a project we are developing that is in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is a complex project, we are working through things that we have never tackled before … and there is absolutely no way we could have done it without John.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

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. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course: Profit for Small Firm Architects today at EntreArchitect.com/FreeCourse. It’s simple to do. My name is Mark R.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2016

Architects – Getting Your First Job Getting your first job in an architecture school is more about who you are than what you can do. I thought I would put together some basics tips and strategies that might help you find the perfect firm for you. Maybe you shouldn’t be in architecture school … you don’t have what it takes.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

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. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

In architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and art alone. “If If you want to make money”, they said, “quit now, take a walk across campus and enroll at the business school.”. The following is an introduction to The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto. .

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

The work involved in setting up your design firm can be overwhelming and 99% of it was never taught to you in school. How to Build and Maintain a Strong Client Base for Your A/E Firm by PSMJ – Several years ago I met PSMJ founder Frank Stasiowski at an AIA conference after he gave a presentation.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The judges for this round consisted of: Brad Oldham and Chrity Coltrin – Brad Oldham is sculptor based out of Dallas, Texas but has projects all over the world. Andrew Hawkins – past President of AIA Brazos Chapter, and the owner of Hawkins Architecture – a very successful firm based in College Station, Texas.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 24, 2014

DON’T GET CAUGHT UP IN “OLD GUARD” FIRMS. Firms need to embrace the ideas, energy and enthusiasm of young people. Make sure emerging professionals are valued in the firms you are interviewing with for full-time employment. The best ideas are never incorporated into projects unless they are heard, presented, and defended.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As an attendee of architecture school in Canada and the Glenn Murcutt Masters Class in Australia, and a designer who has worked in Thailand, China, Japan, Germany, and the US, I’ve strived to create meaningful architectural work and improve communities worldwide. Tips on how to get global . By Lucas Gray.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Yet to many architects, the thought of working alone, doing most (if not all) of the tasks on a project seems daunting, unprofitable, menial. I’m not alone: Sole Practices comprise a large portion of firms. Inability to work on larger projects. Longer time to deliver projects. architecture firms are under 10 employees.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Celebrating 7 Years Serving Small Firm Architects. All this month EntreArchitect is celebrating our 7th-anniversary serving small firm architects around the world. Recently we launched our 13th professional peer group at the EntreArchitect Academy Small Group Mastermind. Click here. Click here.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

For the past twelve weeks, we’ve explored every element required for a successful architecture firm. We started with your Personal Productivity and we’ll wrap it up here with Project Management. One of the most important of all the tasks we perform as architects is Project Management. Listen carefully.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

EntreArchitect.com/freecourse , download it right now, we’ll teach you how to build a thriving, profitable small business for your architecture firm. Freshbooks, the cloud based accounting software that makes running your small firm easy, fast and secure. I loved architecture school and never looked back.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

Do you know if your firm is profitable? Well, you can learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects right now at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Gusto is making payroll benefits and hr easy for small businesses. When I was in architecture school, Neil Denari was my inspiration.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

LePage: Earn 20 percent profit on your next project. 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. Start Transcript.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Your first business plan doesn’t need to be a 100 page document, with financial projections and fully developed marketing strategies. As our firm grows and evolves, priorities change, markets shift, economies collapse. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Start with just one page.

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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 they have already taken on many projects from the beginning to the end, they can do it again. This leads to the importance of experience in architecture.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 25, 2017

Sharing Architecture With Kids. If you’re anything like me, my guess is that you loved your time in architecture school. You get to use your talents and develop it with loose abandon, explore your interests and learn all about design and architecture – one of the coolest fields in the world. What’s not to love?

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 9, 2012

My wife and I launched our architecture firm, Fivecat Studio , in 1999. Running a successful architecture firm is very much like raising kids. As prepared as you think you might be, running an architecture firm is much harder than you ever imagined. We were 29 years old.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

I’d like to have a few more side projects lined up before I make a go of it. Of course, the next year would arrive, my salary would be a little higher, my children would be one year closer to college and I’d be committed to another design project that I’d want to see finished. Probably next year.”. Sound familiar?

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Life of an Architect

JULY 9, 2014

What kind of projects were you doing when you first started as an architect? When I first graduated, the firm I worked for specialized in retail store prototyping and (to a certain extent) roll-out of that prototype. Working at a small firm that did work around the country meant that my boss traveled quite a bit.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

One of the items in that post was the list “ Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm ” which is somewhat biased because I didn’t really represent the benefits to working in a large architectural firm. International Projects International projects can be very exciting!

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