Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In recognition of this fact, Architizer is delighted to present the fourth edition of the coveted A+List , an annual run-down of every firm that scooped an A+Award and A+Firm Award in the previous season. The A+List is arranged alphabetically, with more information available by clicking on the link to each firm’s profile.

Firms 98

Firms Architecture Design Transportation 98

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.

Contract 98

Contract Architecture Firm Firms Government 98

EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2021

At Archmark Architect Branding & Marketing, we’ve seen architecture firms struggle to implement effective marketing strategies that help them get in front of better prospects so they can win better projects. Historically, architecture firm marketing has relied heavily on word-of-mouth referrals. Grow your influence online.

Architecture Firm 52

Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Client 52

EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Yet in our experience, many architecture firms are doing exactly the same thing. What we learned from studying more than 400 architecture firm websites. Over the past year, we’ve evaluated the websites of more than 400 architecture firms. Prospects won’t understand the value your firm provides unless you communicate it.

Firms 52

Firms Architecture Architecture Firm Client 52

SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 9, 2022

It is increasingly common for the BIM model to be controlled by the contractor, and other roles subsumed beneath it, that of architects included.” The problem is attaining this mastery is presently beyond the reach of most small firms.

Industrial 191

Industrial Management Information Contractor 191

EntreArchitect

JULY 12, 2018

Firm Address. Our firm built the Atlas Tiny House project with our own money. This was design-build, all done by our firm. With contractor? We also hired Josh into our firm because he has construction experience. Project Name. Project Location. Longmont, Colorado. F9 Productions. Architect’s Name. Consultants.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Firms Client Clients 52

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 16, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a continuing blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Firm Address. We have a small office of 2-3 people, including the owner. With contractor? Click here to learn how.

Contractor 52

Contractor Housing Permits Architect 52

BD+C

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted 5-0 to propose rules aimed at letting startups tap large numbers of ordinary investors for small amounts of capital. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers'

Real Estate 87

Real Estate Finances Small Firm Regulation 87

Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

Respondents ranged from small studios with 15 or fewer people to larger practices with a hundred or more employees and mega-firms with a global presence, such as Foster + Partners and BDP. Brexit has been a catastrophe," said Piers Taylor's Somerset-based firm Invisible Studio. Salaries have risen.

Recruitment 137

Recruitment Architecture Firms Government 137

EntreArchitect

AUGUST 2, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Firm Address. With contractor? Email, phone calls with clients and contractor. But we do work closely with our contractors.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Contractor Client Clients 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 19, 2018

Firm Address. With contractor? O’Hara and Gerke were the contractors. How early are the contractors involved in your designs? We had a contractor involved very early in the design to provide budget guidance. Were there any conflicts with clients or contractors during the process? Project Name.

Permits 52

Permits Architect Contractor Small Firm 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 28, 2018

Firm Address. We bough the old house with permits based on a terrible, contractor prepared set of drawings, we were able to start work right away, but we changed everything so we were always behind. If development, how early are the contractors involved in your designs? Project Name. Project Location. Mill Valley, CA.

Construction 52

Construction Construction Permits Small Firm 52

EntreArchitect

AUGUST 16, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Firm Address. With contractor? If development, how early are the contractors involved in your designs? Project Name.

Construction 52

Construction Construction Permits Small Firm 52

EntreArchitect

AUGUST 9, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. Firm Address. With contractor? If development, how early are the contractors involved in your designs? Project Name.

Contractor 52

Contractor Permits Small Firm Design 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 21, 2013

With my expertise in surveying existing conditions, I launched a direct mail marketing campaign (though I had no idea that’s what it was called) aimed at local sole proprietors and small firms. We had started our own architecture firm. Next week I will share Part 3 of How I Started My Own Architecture Firm.

Architecture Firm 40

Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Small Firm 40

EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2018

Firm Address. We were 50/50 equity partners in the project with the General Contractor. With contractor? We had complete control over the design of the project with input from the General Contractor and 50/50 partner of the development. If development, how early are the contractors involved in your designs?

Mining 52

Mining Housing Contractor Permits 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2018

Firm Address. We are a husband and wife design firm (architect husband, interiors wife). With contractor? Small, high end residential firm. If development, how early are the contractors involved in your designs? Were there any conflicts with clients or contractors during the process? Calender Rd.

Permits 52

Permits Architecture Client Clients 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 26, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. With contractor? Were there any conflicts with clients or contractors during the process? Click here to learn how. Project Name.

Space 52

Space Permits Small Firm Schematic Design 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Build rapport with the contractor. Listen carefully.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Management Firms Project 52

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 15, 2014

As many of you may already know, tomorrow is a big day for small firm architects. . Larger firms are going after smaller projects that they wouldn’t have touched before. Firms are leaner after shaving off extra weight during the Great Recession – competition is up. Mark has come full circle.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Building Firms Manufacturing 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2016

Clients’ advertise Work and ‘Contractors’ bid for it, in terms of Capability and Price. Rates to ‘Contractors’ can be very low indeed. The post A Guide to Successful Recruitment at Your Architecture Firm (Part One) appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects.

Recruitment 52

Recruitment Architecture Firm Firms Architecture 52

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Our job as small firm architects is not only to design great buildings or to prepare construction documents, which become the legal contract between owner and contractor. The job of a small firm architect, whether working with residential or small commercial clients, is to lead them through an experience.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Project Architecture Contract 52

EntreArchitect

AUGUST 8, 2017

And like a good architect, I would explain the difference between architects and contractors and politely say, “No. Contractors build them.”. Fivecat Studio is a full service firm. During construction phase, as the architect, we meet weekly on site to review progress and observe the contractor’s workmanship. I would say.

Management 52

Management Construction Construction Architect 52

EntreArchitect

MARCH 1, 2016

How to Lead a Team as a Small Firm Architect. Throughout the month of March, each post here on the blog, each episode at the podcast , at the newsletter and out on social media , we will be sharing content about what it takes to be a great leader as a small firm architect. As Entrepreneur Architects, we are all leaders.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Architecture Firms Client 52

EntreArchitect

JANUARY 16, 2018

I come from a family of auto mechanics and contractors, so repair and construction are in my blood. appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Before I was registered as a New York State architect, I worked as a carpenter and mason during summers and school breaks. and boy, did I?).

Construction 52

Construction Construction Architect Small Firm 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 28, 2021

Operations are just what we have to do on the side to run a firm. We accept the fact that the main tool we use to run our firms is piles of spreadsheets scattered across our folders. Every firm in the architecture industry depends on a variation of spreadsheets. Design is what we do as architects. It’s not mind-blowing.

Management 52

Management Technology Technology Firms 52

Portland Architecture

JUNE 13, 2023

For me, like many, Gradient provided an introduction to the work Linden, Brown, which is the latest in a succession of award-winning local small firms founded by architects formerly with Portland’s Allied Works (including Waechter Architecture, Lever Architecture, and Beebe Skidmore).

Firms 171

Firms Housing Architecture Commercial 171

EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

I am often surprised by the number of firms providing architectural design services and forfeiting the final phase of the process, Construction Administration. Once they saw the final drawings, they decided the contractor could handle it without my involvement.”. The Success of Our Firm Depends On It. Eight Reasons Why.

Construction 52

Construction Construction Project Client 52

EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We send it to our family, and friends, neighbors, contractors and clients. The post Wishing You Peace, Love and Happiness appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. That’s not so unique. That may be true, but for us here at Fivecat Studio, the annual Fivecat Christmas card is something very special.

Small Firm 40

Small Firm Sketching Contractor Client 40

EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

Every business, including architecture firms (yes, its true!), Most sole practitioners 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. must earn a profit.

Architect 52

Architect Client Clients Insurance 52

EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

1 – Starting at the academic level, the architecture schools’ curriculum of the 21st century need to include collaboration with contractors, developers and business owners. 2 – After graduation, the newly minted architectural intern should enter a dedicated network of architecture firms. No exceptions. LEED AP BD+C.

Contractor 52

Contractor Firms Small Firm Architecture Firm 52

Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. You might recognize Michael as the namesake principal of the firm where Bob and I now work. Arch at UT Austin.

Architecture 95

Architecture Small Firm Students Firms 95

EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. I knew well from my carpenter God father that contractors did not appreciate or respect the skills and talents of the architects with whom they worked.

Architecture 52

Architecture Firms Students Architecture Student 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 2, 2013

And like a good architect, I would explain the difference between architects and contractors and politely say, “No. Contractors build them.”. Fivecat Studio is a full service firm. During construction phase, as the architect, we meet weekly on site to review progress and observe the contractor’s workmanship.

Contractor 52

Contractor Insurance Management Construction 52

EntreArchitect

MAY 26, 2014

Many small businesses, including many small architecture firms, after years of finding ways to keep the doors open are succumbing to the years of economic instability and calling it quits. We’re spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm… and much sacrifice remains. AIA Small Firms Resource Center.

Small Firm 40

Small Firm Firms Architect Contract 40

EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

We are rapidly achieving our mission of becoming an influential force in the profession for small firm architects. My residential architecture firm Fivecat Studio is busy as well, with 8 active projects in every phase of design and construction. Big things are happening here at Entrepreneur Architect.

Small Firm 52

Small Firm Recruitment Foundation Management 52

EntreArchitect

JUNE 20, 2021

To find out how to make construction administration efficient and fast we spoke to the industry experts, including our Part3 Co-Founder Jess Luczycki, who is a Construction Administration Manager and General Contractor. Here are the five key steps that can make all the difference with your next project. Get everyone on board from the start.

Project 52

Project Consulting Construction Construction 52