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!). We hit a wall.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 11, 2017

There is a fine line to walk when presenting selections though. Present too few and your client may not feel well served. Present too many and they will freeze up, stall and often panic, as they attempt to process the overwhelming amount of information required to make a decision. How many schemes during Schematic Design?

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 13, 2017

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. How can we use virtual reality tools to allow our clients a visual and aural experience inside our designs? When presenting your next set of schematic designs, come prepared with a basket of freshly baked cookies.

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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. When I present a product or service to a prospective client, I am presenting them with something that will improve their lives. Are you making enough to simply pay the bills?

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

This probably means focusing on the larger firms in the place you want to move, or international firms who have offices in many cities and countries. I built my network by starting a blog where I interviewed architects around Berlin and offered to publish their work. Bring something to the table.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

This is turning out to be as wonderful a project as we could imagine but the process for collecting information and presenting what we have learned and designed back to a building committee is slightly different from the norm. This was the project that I used when talking about sketching during schematic design.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

I ask them again to state their expected budget as part of my Pre-Design Client Questionnaire to confirm their expectations in writing. We then prepare Schematic Designs based on those expectations. When we present our Schematic Designs we prepare rough, cost per square foot, cost estimates attached to each scheme.

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