1. Personal relationships with clients Working on residential projects allows for a personal connection that simply doesn’t exist on commercial or civic projects. The distinction might be based … [Read more...]
Architectural Fees…part two
. This is the second installment of architectural fees, you can find the first installment where I talk about fees based on a percentage of construction, and the Myth of Price Gouging ... … [Read more...]
Evil Top Ten list – I hate you
I have been struggling lately with a post I wrote some time ago about the top ten reasons to not be an architect and the top ten reasons to be an architect. When I wrote these, it was a response to … [Read more...]
An actual day in the life…
Ever wondered what living the exciting and fast paced life of an architect would be like? Well wonder no more, I spent the day following the 2009 AIA Young Architect of the Year around to see how his … [Read more...]
Don’t EVER quit your job like this….
In a few weeks, I will be speaking to two separate groups of fresh-faced, soon to be graduates; one batch will be interior designers, the other architects. I mentioned this a few weeks ago and it … [Read more...]
Architectural Fees (part 1)
. Determining architectural fees are a mystery to most, and that includes architects. As a group, architects are terrible at charging for professional services – as though it's bad taste to send a … [Read more...]