Business of Architecture Podcast

Today I speak with Todd Reding, Chief Opertations Office and Vice President of Investments for Charette Venture Group. Click here to read more about  Business Skills For Architects with Todd Reding

Learn more at  http://businessofarchitecture.com Click here to read more about AIA Chief  Robert Ivy Responds To #iLookUp Critics

Click here to read more about  R unning a Successful Residential Design Firm Part 2

In today's episode you'll listen in as Peter Twohy shares the lessons he's learned from 10 years of being a sole practitioning architect. You'll discover how to start an architecture firm right away, even if you have no money and no current clients. If you already own a firm, you'll be interested to discover how you can profit from the projects you DON'T take, and slash your operating expenses by...

Discover how this regional Maryland based firm landed a project in Cameroon, Africa. Click here to read more about  Architecture In Africa with Randy Sovich

Today's guest is architect Randy M. Sovich, AIA. Randy runs the firm RM Sovich Architecture based out of Baltimore Maryland. His firm has received numerous awards for their design work. He co-authored the book "Creating Home, An Assisted Living Design Manual". He is founder and co-editor of Texture Archizine.   In today's episode you'll discover:   The 3 powerpoint slides Randy saw during a market...

Visit http://businessofarchitecture.com/  for more information about this interview plus dozens of other interviews with successful architects and consultants. Click here to read more about The Art of Architecture vs. Business with T hom Mayne FAIA 

Discover Daniel Libeskind's secret to becoming a starchitect..and more. Click here to read more about  Revit For Architects

Today we speak with Alex Gore about starting a design firm. Alex Gore is principal and partner with Lance Cayko of F9 Productions, a residential and BIM creation design firm based in Longmont, Colorado. He's the co-creator of RevitFurniture.com, which provides Revit families,  template files and tutorials for mastering Revit. Alex also teaches at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Environme...

In this episode you'll discover: The 6 domains of marketing that you must be skilled in to succeed Tips for getting published in Trade Magazines Architectural Outlook for 2015 from the front lines How to break into emerging, international markets Click here to read more about  The Architecture Of Value - Part II: Interview with Craig Park

We talk with AIA CEO on what the AIA is doing to educate the world about what 'architects do'. Click here to read more about  The Value Of Architects: AIA National Awareness Campaign Spreads Word About The Value Of Architects

Today we talk with Craig Park. Craig is a principal with the Sextant Group. Craig is an author, speaker, consultant and former Chief Marketing Officer for two large architecture firms. In today's edisode we discuss: How to differentiate your firm (create your own niche) What the most successful firms are doing today to stay 'ahead of the curve' Personal information management - how to stay on top...

Today is part 2 of my interview with award winning designer and founder of business of design Kimberley Seldon. In today's episode you'll discover: How to be exponentially more efficient through the use of business systems The psychology behind raising your rates - it's not what you may think 3 fail-safe tips for getting published in the magazine of your choice Visit http://www.businessofarchitect...

How do we make our clients happy, get repeat business, and have them refer us to all of their friends? Finish your projects on time and on budget. Obvious? Duh. Simple? Yes. Easy? Listen to today’s interview with Kimberley Seldon and learn why almost nobody does it and how YOU can. Kimberley Seldon is the founder of Business of Design , an online venue for designers, decorators, stagers, and styli...

Today we talk with Scott Larrick, who won the recent Architecture Business Plan Competition about his plans for his new firm. Click here to read more about  Creating A Business Plan For A New Architecture Firm: Interview with Scott Larrick NCARB, LEED AP of Eleven:59 Studio

In this interview, you’ll hear from the winner of the recent Architect Business Plan competition, architect Scott Larrick. Scott is the founder of Eleven:59 Studio, and architecture firm based in Austin, Texas. In this episode you’ll discover:   How Scott Larrick built his firm in the early days. How he identified his target market. How he got his first projects. What business development strategi...

Part 2 of my interview with architect Katherine Darnstadt of Latent Design. Discover the behind-the-scenes story of how she started her community-design based architecture firm in Chicago. Click here to read more about  How I Started A Community Design Focused Architecture Firm: Interview With Katherine Darnstadt AIA of Latent Design

Katherine Darnstadt, the principal and owner of Latent Design, a Chicago architecture firm, talks to us today about her passion for community based design. Click here to read more about  Social Impact With Katherine Darnstadt Of Latent Design

Discover some of my key takeaways from the interviews on the Business of Architecture show. In this episode, you'll discover: How to make sure you hire the right employee - everytime A simple, 'no-brainer' way to build your network by keeping in touch with important contacts (without having to remember anything) The #1 key ingredient to being an effective persuader (master this selling skill and y...

In this episode you'll hear from two residential architects...who dare to take on the AIA. Click here to read more about  Architects Creating Homes: Interview With Rand Soellner and Craig W. Isaac

Today architect Ryan Hansanuwat talks about how he went from intern to partner in less than 3 years in his Round Rock, TX architecture firm. Click here to read more about Architecture  Career Advancement With Ryan Hansanuwat

Today we talk with architect Ryan Hansanuwat, a finalist in the 2014 Architecture Business Plan competition put on by Charette Venture Group. Whether you have a mature firm looking to re-define its direction or a start-up firm that is charting its course, you don't want to miss this episode. Listen in as we discuss the important elements of an architect business plan . Click here to read more abou...

In this episode we talk about the last 3 of the 7 strategies for making architecture that Dan Willis outlines in his book "The Emerald City and Other Essays On The Architectural Imagination". Click here to read more about  7 Strategies For Making Architecture Part 2: Interview With Daniel Willis

In this episode we discuss 4 of professor Dan Willis' '7 Strategies For Making Architecture'. They are: collaboration and conviviality (or take the client to lunch) the respected professional and the troping of limitations unconventional practices (or the 'day job') the imaginatively flawed and provacatively incomplete Click here to read more about  7 Strategies For Making Architecture: Interveiw...

Architect and author Rena M. Klein literally wrote the book on small firm management. Listen in as we discuss how to get extraordinary results (and avoid common mistakes) of small architecture firm management. In this episode we discuss: How to keep your firm on track as a principal (even when you aren't around) Common management mistakes of small architecture firms How to avoid being penny wise a...