Business of Architecture Podcast
607 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 271 ratingsDiscover 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.
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107: How To Market An Architecture Firm Part 2
May 19, 2015 05:00 - 48 minutes - 38.7 MBIn this episode, you'll discover the last 2 steps of our simple, client-getting marketing process for architecture firms. Go to Business of Architecture and discover how to market an architecture firm.
How To Market An Architecture Firm - Part 1
May 12, 2015 06:30 - 40 minutes - 32.9 MBIn this episode, we go over how to set up an effective marketing system for your practice that attracts, qualifies and wins new clients. Click here to know more about this episode.
105: Construction Specifications for Residential Drawings
May 05, 2015 04:30 - 33 minutes - 27 MBToday we are talking about best practices for residential constructions drawings with architects Marilyn Moedinger and Rand Soellner. You'll learn about some of the common mistakes we can make on construction documents. You'll also hear about ArchSpec, a pre-written specification system specifically for residential architects that can save you time and protect you from costly errors on your drawings. You can find out more about ArchSpec at Archome.org. Now here's my interview with architects...
Construction Documents - Best Practices
April 28, 2015 04:30 - 32 minutes - 26.3 MBToday I welcome two guests to the show. First we have architect Rand Soellner, the owner and principal of Home Architects, a nationwide practice specializing in custom residential architecture. Rand is also on the executive committee of Architects Creating Homes, an American organization of Licensed Architects focusing on residential architecture. Also joining us today is Marilyn Moedinger, educator, architect and founder of Runcible Studios, an architecture firm located in Boston, Massachus...
Sales Skills For Architects
April 20, 2015 05:00 - 35 minutes - 26.1 MBEffective selling is nothing more than communicating your value in a way that your prospective client understands and helping them to take the next step. Check out the Business of Architecture and discover how to sell architecture services.
102: Selling Skills For Architects
April 12, 2015 08:53 - 28 minutes - 20.6 MBToday's guest is Richard Petrie, the world's leading architect marketing coach and trainer. He leads the training over at the Architects Marketing Academy. Check it out at ArchitectsMarketing.com In this episode you'll discover how to attract and land better clients, projects and fees through the power of effective communication. Know more about this apisode and click here.
101: 6 Bookkeeping Tips For Architects
April 07, 2015 05:00 - 37 minutes - 32 MBIn this episode, you'll discover: What you as a business owner and architect need to focus on in your books (even if you hire a bookkeeper) How often you should review your books How to run a job costing report in Quickbooks The Quick ratio - what it is and why it is important to your business What you should review when you review your books What it means to move your bookkeeping software 'to the cloud', and why this will make your life easier (and save you time) Click here to rea...
100 Bookkeeping For Architects - 3 Mistakes Architects Make
March 31, 2015 05:22 - 30 minutes - 25.7 MBDiscover the 3 common bookkeeping mistakes architects make on this episode of Business of Architecture. Click here to read more about 3 Architect Bookkeeping Mistakes
99 7 Success Lessons For Young Architects with Frank Harmon FAIA
March 24, 2015 06:00 - 30 minutes - 21 MBToday we speak with award-winning architect Frank Harmon FAIA as he reflects on lessons learned from 40 years of building a successful architecture practice. Click here to read more about 7 Success Lessons For Young Architects with Frank Harmon FAIA
98 Lessons Learned From 40 Years Of Practicing Architecture
March 17, 2015 06:29 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBListen in to discover the lessons shared by one of America's great architects, Frank Harmon FAIA. Click here to read more about Frank Harmon FAIA On What It means To Be A Successful Achitect
97 Pro-Bono Work As A Business Development Strategy with Cameron Sinclair
March 11, 2015 00:23 - 18 minutes - 15 MBToday's show is going to be a little different than most - I'm reaching into the Business of Architecture vault and pulling out a few interviews that I've never broadcast before. Today you'll hear from AIA CEO Robert Ivy, University of Illinois professor, BIM expert and Twitter maven Randy Deutsch, Architecture for Humanity co-founder Cameron Sinclair, and architect and social media expert Jeff Echols. These interviews were recorded live, in person at the AIA convention in 2013 in Denver Co...
96 Business Skills For Architects Part 2
March 03, 2015 05:36 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MBTodd Redding is the Chief Operations Officer and Vice President of Investments for Charette Venture Group, a venture capital group focused on investing in high growth architecture firms. Click here to read more about Business Skills For Architects with Todd Reding Part 2
95 Business Skills For Architects - Todd Reding
February 24, 2015 16:25 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBToday 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
93 Robert Ivy Responds To Critics Of Ad Campaign
February 08, 2015 04:30 - 35 minutes - 28.5 MBLearn more at http://businessofarchitecture.com Click here to read more about AIA Chief Robert Ivy Responds To #iLookUp Critics
94 Running a Successful Residential Design Firm Part 2
February 05, 2015 00:08 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBClick here to read more about Running a Successful Residential Design Firm Part 2
92 Strategies For Starting And Running A Successful Residential Architecture Practice
February 03, 2015 16:38 - 44 minutes - 31 MBIn 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 25% or more using the simple business arrangement that Peter reveals in this interview. Click...
Architecture In Africa
January 27, 2015 04:46 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBDiscover how this regional Maryland based firm landed a project in Cameroon, Africa. Click here to read more about Architecture In Africa with Randy Sovich
Building A Successful Small Architecture Practice
January 20, 2015 17:30 - 35 minutes - 31.4 MBToday'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 marketing presentation early in his career - and why these 3 marketing lessons have stuck with hi...
89 Thom Mayne on The Business of Architecture
January 13, 2015 07:33 - 14 minutes - 7.46 MBVisit 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 Thom Mayne FAIA
Revit For Architects
January 06, 2015 06:42 - 31 minutes - 28.3 MBDiscover Daniel Libeskind's secret to becoming a starchitect..and more. Click here to read more about Revit For Architects
87 Starting A Design Firm
December 30, 2014 06:00 - 33 minutes - 31.5 MBToday 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 Environmental Design and Architectural Engineering departments and is the upcoming author of The Archite...
86 The Architecture Of Value: Part II
December 23, 2014 06:00 - 47 minutes - 45.4 MBIn 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
85 The Value Of Architects: The New AIA National Awareness Campaign Spreads The Word About The Value Of Architects
December 16, 2014 05:50 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MBWe 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
84 Creating Value For Your Clients
December 09, 2014 14:29 - 37 minutes - 35.7 MBToday 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 of your inbox and phone calls Click here to read more about The Architect of Value: Interv...
83 Creating Business Systems For A Successful Practice
December 02, 2014 16:27 - 31 minutes - 30.4 MBToday 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.businessofarchitecture.com/ for additional information. Click here to read more about Creating Business Syste...
How to Run a Great Design Business
November 25, 2014 06:00 - 22 minutes - 23.6 MBHow 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 stylists to learn about the business side of their practice. She also an accomplished personality b...
Creating A Business Plan For A New Architecture Firm
November 19, 2014 07:43 - 24 minutes - 25.5 MBToday 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
80 The Early Days Of Starting A Sustainably Focused Architecture Firm
November 11, 2014 19:12 - 26 minutes - 30.3 MBIn 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 strategies worked, and what didn’t work. Click here to read more about The Early Days Of Starting...
How I Started A Community Design Centered Architecture Firm
October 21, 2014 18:25 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBPart 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
The Power Of Community Design - Katherine Darnstadt AIA
October 14, 2014 14:15 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBKatherine 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
Top Insights From The Business of Architecture Show
October 07, 2014 16:49 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBDiscover 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 you'll never starve for work again) Visit http://www.businessofarchitecture.com/ for more lik...
BOA76 Architects Creating Homes
September 30, 2014 01:08 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBIn 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
Career Advancement in Architecture
September 23, 2014 13:48 - 22 minutes - 15.7 MBToday 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
How To Create An Architect Business Plan
September 16, 2014 04:15 - 27 minutes - 19 MBToday 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 about How To Create A Business Plan For An Architecture Firm
7 Strategies For Making Architecture: Part 2
September 09, 2014 04:30 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBIn 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
7 Strategies For Making Architecture - With Daniel Willis
September 02, 2014 03:24 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBIn 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 With Daniel Willis
Architecture Firm Management For Practice Success
August 26, 2014 03:47 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBArchitect 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 and pound foolish The #1 key to maximizing the productivity of firm employees How to create...
Competing in the Architectural Playing Field with Rena M. Klein
August 19, 2014 05:00 - 31 minutes - 21.6 MBIn today's episode we talk with Rena M. Klein, business planning and management consultant about strategies and best practices when competing in the architectural playing field. Rena M. Klein is the founder of RM Klein Consulting, a business and management consulting firm catering to small to mid-sized architecture and design firms to help their firm run better. Click here to read more about Management For Small Architecture Firms: Interview with Rena M. Klein FAIA
Redesigning The Practice Of Architecture To Reach The 95%: Interview with Thomas Fisher
August 12, 2014 05:00 - 24 minutes - 11.4 MBIn today's episode we're back with Thomas R. Fisher as he encourages architects to expand their horizons, think outside the box, and figure out ways to bring the power of design to the 95%. He also shares with us the University of Minnesota College of Design's pioneering works that aims to redefine and redesign the practice of architecture. Click here to read more about Redesigning The Practice Of Architecture To Reach The 95%: Interview with Thomas Fisher
The Case For Higher Architect Fees
August 05, 2014 05:00 - 27 minutes - 12.8 MBClick here to read more about The Case For Higher Architect Fees
Starting An Architecture Firm - And Getting Clients Who Appreciate Good Design: Interview With Architect Stuart Magruder
July 29, 2014 04:09 - 31 minutes - 27.3 MBStuart Magruder, principal and owner of Studio Nova A Architects, Inc. talks about starting a design oriented architecture firm. He also shares the 'secret' that the world's most prominent and successful architects use to produce creative, design-oriented projects. Click here to read more about Starting A Design Oriented Architecture Firm - Interview With Los Angeles Architect Stuart Magruder
Architect Speaks Out and Not Reappointed To Oversight Committee
July 22, 2014 03:30 - 50 minutes - 42.1 MBWhat are the ethical and moral obligations of architects as stewards of the built environment? Stuart Magruder is the principal and owner of Studio Nova A Architects, Inc. In this episode we talk about why he was not re-appointed to the Bond Oversight Committee of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Click here to read more about Architect Speaks Out and Is Dismissed From Bond Oversight Committee
Architecture Firm Management - Part 2 with Herbert Cannon
July 15, 2014 13:31 - 25 minutes - 22.6 MBHerbert M. Cannon is one of the nations leading experts in the management of A/E firms. With over 25 years of “hands on” experience in the A/E Industry, Herb has held top management positions in a number of high profile firms. Click here to read more about Architecture Firm Management For maximum Profit With Herbert Cannon
Architecture Firm Management with Herbert Cannon
July 08, 2014 13:02 - 29 minutes - 23.9 MBToday we talk with Herbet Cannon about successful architecture firm management. Herb Cannon is one of the nations leading experts in the management of A/E firms. With over 25 years of "hands on" experience in the A/E Industry, Herb has held top management positions in a number of high profile firms. Click here to read more about Architecture Firm Management with Herbert M. Cannon
Behavior Change and Time Management
July 01, 2014 18:32 - 32 minutes - 15.1 MBDr. BJ Fogg is the founder and director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford. Fortune Magazine selected BJ as one of ten “New Gurus You Should Know.” An experimental psychologist, Fogg has created breakthrough methods for changing human behavior. At his guest home on the Russian River, he teaches small groups of industry innovators how to apply his methods in his monthly "Boot Camp in Behavior Design." Over the past two years he has personally coached over 20,000 people in his breakt...
What is Your Vision?
June 24, 2014 05:00 - 29 minutes - 13.5 MBIn the second part of my interview with Ray Kogan, he reveals the big picture and then guides us down, step by step, towards achieving your firm's vision. Click here to read more about What is Your Vision? Taking Your First Step Towards Success With Ray Kogan
Do You Have A Roadmap?
June 17, 2014 05:00 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBInterview with author and strategist Ray Kogan about creating a roadmap for your architecture firm. Click here to read more about Do You Have A Roadmap? Creating A Strategic Plan For Your Architecture Frm With Ray Kogan
Running a Residential Practice with David Andreozzi
June 10, 2014 05:00 - 40 minutes - 34.1 MBClick here to read more about Tales Of Starting And Running a Residential Practice with David Andreozzi AIA/CRAN
Resources for Residential Architects with David Andreozzi
June 03, 2014 17:00 - 30 minutes - 30.3 MBFrom loathing the AIA, to leading the knowledge community of the Custom Residential Architect's Network, David Andreozzi talks about his experience as a residential architect focused on high-end, luxury design. Click here to read more about Protecting The Value Of Architects: Interview With Architect David Andreozzi
Developing Residential Projects and Building Your Own House - Zeke Freeman
May 27, 2014 04:30 - 31 minutes - 14.4 MBIn this episode we learn: How to build a successful business network Tips for starting an architecture firm How to make and build valuable relationships About Zeke's experience cold-calling for new work How Zeke designed and built his own house as an architect Click here to read more about On Developing Projects and Building Your Own House: Zeke Freeman