Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Did you know that I wrote and published 66 articles this year on Life of an Architect? While that’s a bit off my pace from the previous years, statistically speaking, there’s still bound to be a few that are worth checking out. Unless you’re me, or a psychic, how would you know which ones were worth reading? Since I know you’re a busy person, I’ve taken the liberty of going through and figuring out which posts were the best ones from this last year – I have co

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Last week I published a podcast episode titled, Success in 2016 with Just ONE Goal , where I shared my thoughts on goal setting. For years I have set numerous goals, in every part of my life, with all good intention and desire to achieve each goal by the deadline set. Does that sound familiar? I suspect that my success with goal setting is similar to yours.

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Bruce F. Roth Architect

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Evangelical Covenant Church, Hinsdale. Located on a tight site in a mature neighborhood, this well-established congregation was looking to expand and renovate their facility. A master plan was undertaken to determine the best course of action with a goal of addressing existing infrastructure, expansion/reorganization possibilities, and budget concerns.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Anyone who has started their own architecture firm from scratch knows this dilemma well. We are full of enthusiasm, full of ideas, fully prepared. We quit our job (or working throughout the night on the side). We planned our launch and created a new website to share our ideas with the world… but we have no completed projects to show. We can’t complete any projects without a firm and its tough to start a firm without any projects.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 7, 2015

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 13, 2015

One of the things that is just a fact of life in a small architecture firm, is that you have to do just about everything yourself – rarely do we simply pull out the company wallet and pay for something to get done. We tend to take advantage of the manpower we have on hand and no time is this more true than the holidays. Like most firms, we would like to let people know that we appreciate their patronage and support throughout this year and in years past.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 20, 2015

If you are the sort of person who likes to look at architectural drawings, this is your lucky day. At least I hope that after you read today’s post you think this was your lucky day. I’ve decided that one area that I am hoping to focus on over the next year is better, more valuable, architectural content … and for me, that means I am going to try to take things in a more technical direction.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 7, 2015

This turned out to be a lot more challenging than I had anticipated but I am happy to say that the Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition Awards are finally complete! It took a lot of work and the involvement of some other very generous people, and I thought that I would take some time today to talk about how these awards got from a sketch into a final product that will hopefully be prominently and proudly displayed to the people who receive them as a token of my deep and sincere appr

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