Life of an Architect

JULY 11, 2016

Architecture is a service industry and as such, personality is going to figure heavily into the process. They don’t all have blogs like mine where you can get a pretty good feeling for who I am and how I work. What are the steps in the design process? How does the architect handle fees when there are scope changes?

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Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

Doug and I have formed a professional architect-to-architect relationship since I started writing my blog and we have routinely exchanged emails over the years discussing a myriad of subjects. For years I have done all my initial design efforts for individual clients in face to face, highly participatory meeting with the owners.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Originally published in 2013 as Part 4 of the original EntreArchitect Academy Blog Series, this final article of our month dedicated to Business Development shares my firm’s simple sales system. You can read the entire original 2013 blog series here. So share this blog with every architect you know!). Making Money is Good.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 27, 2013

So share this blog with every architect you know!). When we present our initial schematic designs to our client, we are selling. One of the problems we have in the architecture profession (and there are many) is that we have allowed our perceived value to drop way below our true value. My mission is to change that. (So

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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. Bring something to the table.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 10, 2013

” When one of my residential architecture clients finally reaches out and calls Fivecat Studio , these are some of the thoughts they may start with. Most architects I know are in the design business. They get hired to prepare a design, they create an amazing piece of architecture and deliver it to their client.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll take a broad look at the study materials available for ALL the ARE 5.0 This blog post will focus on study materials about each exam. To make things easier, a table of contents is provided below to help you navigate this blog post. These 2 terms are referred to throughout this entire blog post series.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

For the past twelve weeks, we’ve explored every element required for a successful architecture firm. 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.

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A Better Built Environment

MARCH 22, 2021

There is no right way to pursue a career in architecture. There are a myriad ways each of us can impact the profession, serve clients and the public, and design a better built environment. If you studied architecture but are thinking there is a different way you want to apply your skills than working for a firm, go do it.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

This was the project that I used when talking about sketching during schematic design. I actually dedicated a post to this pie a few Thanksgivings ago, so here’s the recipe and the back story on my Mom’s architectural lemons chess pie. But this is the cool stuff and I’d rather be doing this than raking leaves.

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Community Architect

JUNE 9, 2022

Introduction to the guest blog When in 1968 the then President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Durham, FAIA, extended an invitation to the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. She wrote this guest contribution describing her approach to teaching equity in architecture school. Young, Jr.,

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