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Schematic Design – This isn’t “Architecture”

Life of an Architect

Whenever an architect sits down with a new client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. As a result, I spent half of one day documenting the existing conditions in the house. It was way better. Go here and look at #2, you can even find out where to buy it ).

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10 Ways An Architect Can Make More Money

EntreArchitect

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. The time and effort required to properly develop a design and complete a thorough set of construction documents is difficult for most anyone outside the profession to understand.

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How to Make More Money as a Small Firm Architect

EntreArchitect

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. These are services available to your client, but are NOT included in your basic architectural services. While our clients shop, we develop the design. Additional Services.

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Work in Progress

Landscape Architecture Magazine

The total of farewell clock-outs for the year was estimated at 38 million people—a kind of Brexit from the payrolls. A mentoring setup helps to mitigate this distance, but there’s something to be said for across-the-table discussion and working, sketching, iterating, etc. with people that cannot be replicated via Zoom.

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10 Ways Architects Can Make More Money

EntreArchitect

The innovative ideas and concepts we create can often only be born after hours (sometimes days) of intense thought and several dozen layers of sketch paper. These are services available to your client, but are NOT included in your basic architectural services. While our clients shop, we develop the design. Additional Services.

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Almost 40 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

EntreArchitect

Before making the leap to start his practice, I had the pleasure of working with him at the firm where I’m currently employed and he taught me a lot about putting together a set of simple and concise construction documents. When you start getting more clients for your business, you’ll find yourself working at all times of the day.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

On the beautiful Oregon spring day of my interview, Richard Hartlage’s practice partner at Land Morphology, Lindsey Heller, ASLA, met me with Sandy Fischer, FASLA, a quasi-staff adviser to the firm, and Christine Nack, the firm’s business manager, who was carrying a large camera to document progress. It was that big of a list.”

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