EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2018

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Robert Yuen builds tools and software.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 17, 2017

In the name of diversification, many architects spread their workload across many building types and many markets. Too much diversification though, will dilute your brand and make it difficult for prospects to recognize your firm as a market leader. The Power of Being Centered. Photo Credit: Shutterstock / Min Chiu.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 21, 2017

Fees for Small Firm Architects. During a typical architectural project, we make thousands of decisions, work hundreds of hours and are responsible, by law, for the health, safety and welfare of the people using our buildings. We’re a disgruntled bunch of professionals. We are worth more. AIA Antitrust Guidelines.

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Small Firm Firms Architect Regulation 52

EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Relative to the other expenses of a small firm, professional liability insurance is down right expensive… until you need it. If our business systems failed and the firm was required to defend itself without a policy, we certainly would have been crushed by the costs involved in such a legal action.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 12, 2016

In this article Marica shares her recent experience with building a new team for her small firm and how she is being intentional about the culture in which they work. Using an Off-Site Retreat to Build a Better Business. Team Building. My first full-time employee started September 1, 2015.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 14, 2016

As small firm architects, we are responsible for so many different roles and responsibilities. In this post, I am sharing 6 tools that I have chosen and currently use to automate my own small firm. 6 Digital Tools to Automate an Architecture Firm. We can build real relationships using these online tools.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 26, 2014

In the spirit of Entrepreneur Architect’s mission to help you build a better business, I will share that private information another day. Every year since Annmarie and I launched the firm in 1999, we’ve had a full workload. Prospects and Projects. We ultimately want to know how many sales are required per year to be profitable.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Creating a Building Rather than Designing It. But his designs were also incredibly difficult to achieve, as his goal was not simply to design a building, but to design a building almost as though it were living; creating a building rather than designing it. Generative Architecture for Small Firms.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 9, 2016

Build Your Platform. Build a community of people interested in what you do and what you have to say. The post How To Get Published as a Small Firm Architect appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Every architect needs a platform from which to tell their story.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

A Simple Sales System for Small Firm Architects. My marketing from Session 003 has already qualified my firm in their mind, so my goal at this meeting is to build a relationship. I have established some familiarity through my firm’s blog and during our initial telephone conversation. We hit a wall.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 28, 2014

As small firm architects, “balance” should not be our goal. A Benefit of Being a Small Firm Architect. Starting and running a small firm requires sacrifice. As tough as building a better business may be though, the benefits of leading our own firms make the sacrifice well worth the pain.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2016

For many of us small firm architects, this sounds a bit scary. If scheduled well in advance, communicated well throughout our our firms and project teams, and expectations are well managed before, during and after, shutting down for a week or two is not impossible. Stephen Ramos – BUILDINGS ARE COOL (@sramos_BAC).

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Small Firm Firms Architect Management 52

Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI -powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. She describes "a slight monopolisation happening" over sustainability in architecture, with small firms falling "very far behind".

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 6, 2015

Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. Since we launched our firm in 1999, most every prospective client I meet asks if Fivecat Studio offers construction services. Many people have the perception that architects build buildings and many others wished they would.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

I believe this model is the future of small firms. With our new efficient business model, Annmarie and I will have the flexibility and freedom to pursue our growing passion for residential architecture, strengthen the fabric of our family and continue to build an enduring practice that will thrive for decades to come.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Empowering architects to better serve the world with more than 681,000 total downloads in 2021, the EntreArchitect Podcast has grown to serve small firm architects from every corner of the planet. In this episode, we talk about their work as residential builders and share how other small firm architects can do it too.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2022

In the third of the video Dezeen interviews filmed with Richard Rogers in 2013, the late architect discussed the Lloyd's building in London and the backlash prompted by its radical design. The building proved just as divisive as its forerunner in Paris. I mean, if we were building more-or-less a fun palace in Paris, this is a club.

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Building Insurance Technology Technology 88

BD+C

MAY 23, 2013

Current federal contracting laws are harming the livelihood of small architecture firms, costing the government more money by increasing the number of firms competing, while discouraging small firms from entering the market, according to AIA testimony presented today on Capitol Hill.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2019

It was a name on which we could begin to build our new brand of architecture. Michael Graves, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid; each built a firm and a strong brand using their own names. For the rest of us though, creating a new entity filled with character and creativity will help us build a memorable impression. That’s your brand.

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Building Architecture Small Firm Firms 52

EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The knowing application of physical realities with evolutions of the way we know how to build we can change our methods by reveling in our motivations first, outcomes second. It is not “technology” or “building” it is adding the human element that makes Craft. The anthill is an outcome. That is Craft. The size does not matter.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

AEC professionals are tasked with designing buildings that not only comfort, please and inspire their inhabitants but also meet the extraordinary challenges of today’s society. Catalyst Building by Michael Green Architects, 10th Annual A+Awards Finalist in the Architecture +Sustainability category.

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Environment Architect Small Firm Firms 98

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 15, 2014

As many of you may already know, tomorrow is a big day for small firm architects. . Join other small firm practitioners at the Business of Architecture Summit. The post Building An Agile, Lean Practice in the Digital Age appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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Archmark

MARCH 29, 2019

Recently, we asked Richard Marshall, Principal with Perkins+Will , about the importance of marketing for small firms, “The best organizations view marketing as just as important a skill set as design. If you don’t build a pipeline of work you have no work.”. “ If you don’t build a pipeline of work you have no work. ”

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Archmark

JULY 26, 2021

Five Architect Marketing Building Blocks to Grow Your Firm! If you don’t build a pipeline of work you have no work.” — Richard Marshall, Principal, Perkins+Will No matter how good an architect you are, or how talented your team is, you need a strategic approach to marketing in order to succeed. It helps you build authority.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 9, 2023

This could include designing a new building or improving upon an existing design. These include the energy efficiency tax credit, which allows architects to claim a credit for designing buildings that are more energy efficient, and the small business health care tax credit, which helps small businesses pay for employee health insurance.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Build a profitable business and you’ll have the time and resources to do the work you love. Money may not buy you happiness, but running an architecture firm that works most certainly will. Money may not buy you happiness, but running an architecture firm that works most certainly will. A Quick & Dirty Version.

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Small Firm Firms Architecture Firm Management 52

SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 9, 2022

I recently happened to read two especially thought-provoking pieces online about the future of BIM (Building Information Modeling). He posits the future of BIM will not be BIM at all but rather a new technology— Building Information Optimization. The problem is attaining this mastery is presently beyond the reach of most small firms.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I can only imagine the connections I could have enjoyed if I focused on building my email list to its fullest potential. With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

Architecture Firm 52

Architecture Firm Firms Building Architecture 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2017

It was a name on which we could begin to build our new brand of architecture. Michael Graves, Richard Meier, Zaha Hadid; each built a firm and a strong brand using their own names. For the rest of us though, creating a new entity filled with character and creativity will help us build a memorable impression.

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Building Architecture Firms Client 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 12, 2018

Our firm built the Atlas Tiny House project with our own money. The people who wanted us to build this project saw the show, were local and liked what we were doing. This was design-build, all done by our firm. If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? It was featured on HGTV. Self built.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 3, 2015

Because the younger employees do not feel engaged, informed or a part of the larger picture, they eventually leave and launch their own firm or join a competitor. Building a culture of transparency will create stronger bonds between firm owners and employees. Ironically, this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Architecture Firm Firms Building Finances 52

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 12, 2014

I can only imagine the connections I could have enjoyed if I focused on building my email list to its fullest potential. With more than 3,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 6, 2016

That was the day when I relaunched my personal blog Entrepreneur Architect with it’s new domain EntreArchtect.com, posted my first podcast episode and promised you, the small firm architect, that I would dedicate my time, my money and my efforts to building this platform into an influential force in the profession.

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Small Firm Firms Foundation Management 52

EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

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. A tale of the successful small firm architect.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Building Design that Builds Businesses – BusinessWeek. I appreciate the promotion that great architecture helps build great businesses. The post Building Design that Builds Businesses appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 23, 2016

Henry’s passion and enthusiasm for boat building was ignited all over again when James presented him with the issue and showed him the photo in his favorite magazine. Maria interviewed Henry and discussed his passion for tools, boat building and his dream of one day joining the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Across their work is an emphasis on reconfiguring the relationship between building users and the surrounding environment. While embracing modern technology, the firm celebrates unique local architectural expression.

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