EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. As small firm architects, how do we get noticed by those prospects? Back to School.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. In this former job everyone was so disengaged and there was absolutely no benefit in staying there, in fact that office was toxic for my development. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients. Which are a dime a dozen. That’s a scary thought.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

I can only remember a few brief periods where we all came together to get something completed in order to meet a promise we made to a client – but normally everybody can leave when they want. As a general rule, don’t work overtime in my office. This is day 3 of my 3-day weekend and I have spent the vast majority of it working.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of the requirements of becoming a licensed architect is the intern development program which logs on the job training under certain tasks which is then signed off by a licensed architect. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. Others wanted to know about how to start their own firms. As individual small firm architects, we have more important tasks requiring our attention. We have businesses to build, clients to serve and families to feed.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

He needed a young starving intern to spend the rest of the summer measuring every unit of a condominium development he recently completed. The floor area calculations were being disputed by new unit owners and the developer hired Barry’s firm to document the exact floor area of each one of the 200+ units. I owe much to Barry.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 24, 2014

Get to know everyone in the Architecture community and allied fields (all ages and experience levels). DON’T GET UPSET BY CLIENTS THAT THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. An improvement is always appreciated by principals and clients. Develop your unique skills and abilities. Be patient. BUILD COMMUNITY.

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