Discover strategies, tips and secrets for running a fun, flexible and profitable architecture practice. The focus here is simple: discussion of ways for architects to create a dream architecture practice: design what you want, when you want, and get paid well for it.
Today you’ll also hear from Patrick MacLeamy, the former CEO of HOK.
During his 50-year tenure at HOK, MacLeamy witnessed the firm’s growth from a single midwestern office to 27 locations across the …
Herbert M. Cannon is one of the nation's leading experts in the management of A/E firms.
He is a former longtime consultant to Robert A. M. Stern Architects where he helped the firm grow from 150 emp…
Karen Compton is Principal of A3K Consulting, a consortium of business management consultants specializing in the AEC environment. In this capacity, Ms. Compton oversees a team of professionals focus…
Today's episode is a replay from our Business of Architecture UK podcast. It was so great, we wanted to share it here as well.
Acrylicize, a multidisciplinary design studio in Hackney, has cornered a…
Kenneth Lewis is a Managing Partner in SOM's New York studio office.
Kenneth knows New York's development world like the back of his hand, having managed some of the most complex building projects in…
As we’ve researched and worked with firm after firm, a common thread stands out from those firms who have more success than others - the caliber and experience of people working at the firm.
This is …
What is the key to having a successful architecture practice? There are many ways to answer this question, and everyone defines success differently.
What does success mean to you? Consider this quest…
Drew Lang, founding principal of LANG Studio in New York, shares the challenges of being an architect developer and how many of those challenges were solved with a unique approach to the award-winnin…
Pamela Durkin, ASID, LEED AP, has quite the trifecta of expertise as an Interior Designer, Business Coach, and Marketing Consultant.
With 30 years of experience running her own Florida based practice…
Today we welcome Matthias Hollwich, principal and founder of New York architecture firm HWKN.
Learn about the inception of HWKN and it's growth, how Architizer led to a deep understanding of how medi…
Why is it so common to give away free work in the architecture industry?
Doctors don't work for free. Attorneys don’t work for free.
Yet it has become so common in the architecture industry to give a…
Have you ever been in a place you felt you weren't supposed to be within your career or business? Or like you're not doing what you feel like you're supposed to be doing?
I certainly have. It's easy …
With the right strategy and context, your approach to social media presence can do much more than show off your design. Enoch Sears and Bryan Toepfer discuss timeless principles for using social medi…
Classical design leader James Smiros joins us in discussing how his firm survived repeated crises, how diversifying can work in your favor, and the importance of keeping strong relationships with ind…
Philip Kafka, President of Prince Concepts in Detroit, is known for the award-winning ground-up development project True North. Kafka also serves on the board of MoCAD in Detroit, and has frequently …
In this episode of the Business of Architecture podcast, you'll not only discover that it's possible to earn 6 figures as an architect, but we wil…
Visit http://smartpracticemethod.com for a free arc…
Today's interview is with Brett Andersen, partner at the architectural lighting design firm Focus Lighting.
Based in New York City, Focus Lighting has done many notable projects.
Here's today's episo…