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Gene Kohn Changed My Life, and Indirectly Impacted an Entire Generation of Architects

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In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Below is the talk Gene presented at the EntreArchitect Business Summit for our community of small firm architects.

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Establishing a Firm

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The story of growing Kohn Pedersen Fox from 3 partners to an international architecture firm of 700+. In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. I hope you will join us too.

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How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession

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With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. Architecture is not about the money.

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Architectural Education Will Change Because The Way Architects Work Will Change

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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. Anyone will be able to directly create buildings through software, no architect need apply. Its silly to say “Change.”

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The Architecture of Motherhood

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We all know that architecture and motherhood both are high-pressure jobs, and the lack of flexibility that accompanies our industry overall doesn’t make it any easier for mothers to stay in balance with their professional growth. What happens to women in architecture after they get out of school? Where is the other 26%?

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No More Starving Artist

EntreArchitect

With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. Architecture is not about the money.

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Mentoring the Young Architect Will Enrich and Strengthen Our Profession

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All my Professors, fellow students, former employers and coworkers, family members, librarians, neighbors, long-time family friends, and even the friends I made who worked at the art supply store. During college I worked for a firm for only 6 months, before I threw up my hands and quit. It Took a Village. My boss was a difficult man.