Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

Firms are sharing project contracts and budgets more openly across teams as a matter of staff engagement. PAUL KISSINGER, FASLA: They have to know the contract. This is not in our contract. Well, you never showed me the contract. And also, where we are in the range of services—schematic design, design development.

Contract 72

Contract Management Information Client 72

Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City’s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos’s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as “a living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1”; images via MoMA PS1 and Archinect. Amale Andraos.

Architecture 101

Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. When a process is fully developed into a system with supporting documents of forms and checklists, it allows us to focus more on the details and development of a successful design. When we receive a contract for a new project, we all want to jump right into designing.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Management Firms Project 52

Life of an Architect

MAY 15, 2016

I originally introduced this project to everyone in a post I wrote called “ Sketching during Schematic Design ” that I wrote back in November 2014. That post showed the process of going from initial concept to a finished schematic design plan that I would ultimately show the clients. Foundation begins.

Architecture 58

Architecture Finishes Site Windows 58

Community Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As a step towards the schematic design refinements, my boss had prepared 6' long pencil-drawn and marker-colored large-scale wall sections on narrow sketch paper strips that showed how everything should fit together. There were no design directors, project managers, drafters, accountants or spec writers.

Project 80

Project Architect Sketching Roofing 80