BD+C

OCTOBER 26, 2023

1 kcichowicz Thu, 10/26/2023 - 11:05 MFPRO+ Blog Dive into the new trend of multifamily pop-up hotels! Learn how they're changing the game in lease-ups, creating vibrant communities, and offering property managers a lucrative new revenue stream. It focused on the transformative impact of mixed-use buildings on the multifamily sector.

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Brandon Donnelly

JUNE 4, 2023

After gaining control of LVMH in 1989, he set out to build the first house of luxury brands through serial acquisitions. Increasingly, the global luxury industry is based on goods that are still made by small Italian firms but sold by big French conglomerates. And so we will talk about that later this week on the blog.

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Dwell

JANUARY 11, 2024

We might not have needed another spin-off from the Gaineses, but at least their latest, documenting the transformation a 1920s building into a boutique hotel, strays slightly from their blueprint. I’m an HGTV diehard with little discernment; simply put, I will try anything once.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As happened when I wrote this post, each book begins with a rhetorical question pertaining to monographs. A week from today I'll have a year-capping roundup of my favorites from the many books featured on this blog in 2023. It is so big it comes in a specially made orange cardboard box for storage and protection.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

This fantastic Guest blog post about: How to Find the Best Architecture Graduate School was written by Architect John Maternoski. There are a ton of decisions to make… …like which grad school to go to, how to apply, how to fund it, how to juggle it with family obligations, and a million other things.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

This fantastic Guest blog post about: Finding the Best Architecture Graduate Program for YOU was written by Architect John Maternoski. There are a ton of decisions to make… …like which grad school to go to, how to apply, how to fund it, how to juggle it with family obligations, and a million other things.

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Community Architect Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

But the Architecture and Design Center across Fayette Street located in Mies van der Rohe's Charles Center building in a space once occupied by Burger King and then Staples was filled to capacity by folks who cared about the future of downtown. Doing this now, the City is a full 8 years behind the State required 10-year update cycle.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 4, 2021

That was my mindset for many years, no ambition to be more than just me, until I began to understand that scaling and growing are not the same thing. Scaling is about serving more clients, earning more money, but without having to necessarily become the big machine. This will save you hours of your life, don’t do anything twice.

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Community Architect Daily

MAY 7, 2024

poses itself in a unique way So there are similarities and stark differences: This story doesn't include an elected mayor making deals with developers, there is no city charter that needs to be amended, nor is there a public private-partnership. See my 2013 article What the New Town of Columbia Can teach Us 50 Years Later ).

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Archmark

JUNE 16, 2021

How Do Architects Attract Better Clients? Locate Clients Looking for Architects with These Five Architectural Marketing Ideas “How do I attract ideal clients and projects for my architecture firm?” It’s based on the idea that, if you do good work, more good work will come. What questions do they ask?

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Brandon Donnelly

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Alex Bozikovic of the Globe and Mail recently made a good point in one of his articles about how challenging it is to properly “placemake” when it comes to large-scale masterplanned projects. When you build big, it can be easy for things to end up feeling sterile. Three, any new community needs to be seeded.

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Archmark

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Online client testimonials are the new word of mouth, and sharing your expertise on your site builds rapport with potential clients. How can you avoid the most common architecture firm web design mistakes? But before we get to those questions, there is one question you need to ask yourself. What Services Do You Need?

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BD+C

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement. They depend on good planning.

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Community Architect Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Model of the proposed Hopkins Student Center at 33rd Street (Screenshot BIG presentation) As reported on this blog, the winner of the design competition is the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), a Danish architecture firm lead by a young architect who truly thinks big.

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Architecture Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2024

However, introducing a study table can make a big difference. School-age kids and teens need a proper workstation at home. This blog serves as a handy guide to help you explore various study table for kids before choosing the perfect one for your child. If it’s just for a bit of math homework, a smaller table might do.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I am an architect who suffers from logorrhea (real word, possibly a fake diagnosis), and along with my glibness and sense of humor, I have managed to channel these attributes into a website that is focused on being an architect and what that means from my perspective. I suppose it could be but not in the traditional definition.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

On my next birthday, I will celebrate 49 successful years of surviving my yearly journey around a 1.392 million kilometer ball of hot plasma that burns at a temperature exceeding 10,340°F … more commonly known as the sun. Can you tell I’ve got numbers on my mind? I did not like it … but I didn’t hate it either.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 9, 2022

Any number of buildings are rendered as cubes, blobs or walls, and they work hard to either be Monopoly Board pieces or mountains of pure form. They do not want scale. Sculpture can have any size, it has no need for scale. And the monument itself, well, it is as big as the buildings it was going to address, fully.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While we will investigate the trouble (see also my 2016 blog article ), inserted quotes from recent decades show how protracted the problems are. There's nothing doing," he says with an old man's sigh. I'm like Forrest Gump: That's all I have to say about that." No patrons. The history of Oldtown Mall is depressing.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 23, 2023

In my editorial duties at World-Architects , I try to pick and choose the most headline-worthy awards, seeing them as ways of learning about great architecture and signals of what the field is prioritizing at any given moment; it's hard, though, because there are just so many awards now. It's not a rhetorical question.

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Architecture Ideas

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Wondering how much is a cord of wood? But do you know about the hiked prices of firewood? How Much Is a Cord of Wood? Today in this blog, we will tell you everything about how to buy wood in cords and how much a cord of wood costs. So how much is a cord? Yes, in CORDS!

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Community Architect

JANUARY 28, 2022

To fully appreciate the impact of the innovation especially on the US, one needs to understand that the US loves business meetings more than anybody else. I was appraised of this early on after I immigrated here. From there I would advance into the meeting corner that this particular employee would have available.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 20, 2018

How To Find Happiness. Well, my friends, I’m here to tell you… happiness doesn’t come from a paycheck, or a great project, or great clients, or from living the life of an entrepreneur. ” As I listened to that podcast, I thought to myself, “love, learn, share” That’s it.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? I’m starting the downhill slide of my 40′s on my next birthday and I’m just now hitting my stride. Am I right? Now I don’t mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as being creative. a bus depot.)

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? I know that it isn’t easy and I can still remember moments of crippling panic as I looked around the studio during my presentation. All nighters generally do more harm than good, rarely does inspiration come after midnight.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there is a topic I can spontaneously talk about, it’s this blog … it is the closest thing I have to a hobby ( which is incredibly sad on so many levels ) and I definitely have a Love / Hate relationship with it. In no particular order, I present you with the Better Left for Dead articles from my site.

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Community Architect Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In this case, the City owns the land, the buildings are private). How Harborplace get into this raid downward spiral of decline and obsolescence? Immediately Hughes developed big plans for South Street Seaport which didn't leave much standing of the original Rouse/Thompson design.

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The Architecture Designs

MAY 6, 2022

You may put together some office furniture in any design you choose, and all you have to do is add some feminine colours and furnishings. So, if you’re looking for some fantastic feminine office design ideas, go no further than our blog! And you can do so by concealing your goods in containers. source: pinterest.com.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

Once you get past the few architects that complain disproportionately loud for the entire profession, you will discover that just about anyone can be an architect and have a role to play in the design and building process. If you know of someone, please invite them, or if you want, tell me about them and I will do the ask.

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Archmark

AUGUST 2, 2021

Is your website helping them to better understand what you do, what makes you different, and why they should work with you? Before you start looking critically at your website and decide what you need to do to improve it, let’s talk about the purpose of your website. This is a big problem with architecture firm websites.

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Architecture Ideas

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Building a house for ourselves or our family is a dream come true! . Today in this blog, we’ve gathered up some of the best village single-floor home front design ideas. So, let’s overview what we’re going to cover in this blog: . How to Choose the Right House Design . HOME: It’s not a place; it’s a feeling! .

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Life of an Architect

MAY 14, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? I got along quite well in this firm, had a terrific relationship with senior management, and they were happy to have me working in the office. When I told them I was leaving, they weren’t mad but they weren’t happy either.

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Archmark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Is your website helping them to better understand what you do, what makes you different, and why they should work with you? Now, you may be thinking, “Oh, 65,000 is not a lot for the entire country,” and you might be right, but, as I mentioned, that is only for the TOP 20 search terms. What are they finding? Or is it frustrating them?

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 18, 2013

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? I seem to be one of the few people who actually love getting Christmas “update” cards from people. I had fun thinking about it, but during my hunt for photos, I started to wonder what sort of holiday captions could I put on these cards?

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 9, 2016

There’s no simple “how-to” manual. Once we understood what matters most and with whom we needed to speak, opportunities emerged. The following are the 10 rules I’ve learned about how to get published as an architect. The following are the 10 rules I’ve learned about how to get published as an architect. Self Publish.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 15, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? This was something that I heard a lot during my first job when I was in my 20′s and professionally, things were looking pretty good. But then, something changed … I got older.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

I have known architect Douglas Burke for a few years … although we have never met. 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. I call them “charrettes”.

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