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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Architect-led Design Build with Francisca Alonso of AV Architects/Builders
May 09, 2013 01:53 - 1 hour - 22.5 MBShould architects design as well as build the projects they work on? Francisca Alonso thinks so. Ten years ago she started her architecture firm AV Architects in the Metro DC area. She found that the great relationships she had created while designing her clients' projects turned sour in the hands of a contractor. Instead of handing off the project, she decided to build her clients' projects. Watch this video to find out why she says offering construction services was the best thing that hap...
Architect as Developer: Operative Ventures - Hilary Scruggs
March 16, 2013 12:45 - 55 minutes - 9.46 MBHilary Scruggs runs the design firm, Operative Ventures. Click here to read more about Architect as Developer: Developing An Urban Lot in San Antonio into Two Units, with Hilary Scruggs
Architect as Developer: Taking Control of Design and Getting Paid for it, with Jonathan Segal FAIA
March 06, 2013 05:00 - 49 minutes - 18.2 MBForget Clients! Develop your own projects. "Now is the time to do it", says Jonathan Segal, FAIA in our latest interview on Business of Architecture TV. Segal has been designing, developing and building his own projects in Downtown San Diego since the late 1980's. And he has found the rewards of doing so are unparalleled. Segal explains how architects can take advantage of their design skills to build equity in their own projects while shaping the built environment in positive ways. ...
Starting an Architecture firm and being a Solo Architect with Lee Calisti
February 21, 2013 05:47 - 52 minutes - 14.8 MBFor more like this, visit http://www.businessofarchitecture.com/yt . In this episode, Lee Calisti, AIA shares what it took for him to leave full-time employment and start his own architecture firm as a sole practitioner in 2003. Lee Calisti is the principal architect and owner of Lee Calisti, Architecture + Design, located 1 hour south-east of Pittsburg, Pennsylvannia. Lee is also an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University where he teaches architecture. In addition to his archit...
Entrepreneur Architect, Livingstone Mukasa, outsourcing design services and finding work with Archability
January 15, 2013 04:02 - 41 minutes - 15.2 MBLivingstone Mukasa is the founder of Archability.com, an online marketplace for design professionals. On Archability.com, architects, designers, and others in the building design industry can find work, bid on projects, and hire outsourced talent. Archability is a matchmaker that pairs those needing architectural and building design services with those who offer these services. Archability aims to put back to work some of the unemployed architects who have been suffering ever since the real...
Blogging with Bob Borson, Life of an Architect, and Social Media for Architects
January 05, 2013 15:23 - 54 minutes - 15 MBThree years ago architect Bob Borson decided to start a blog "as a creative outlet" and "to try something new". Little did he know that within two years his blog would balloon to readership of over 250,000 views a month, making it one of the most visited blogs of an individual architect. As such, Bob has become a voice for architects as read by thousands of people. Bob's experience has lessons for those who wish to use the internet to find the right clients and use the power of the internet ...
Architect Interview - Oscia Wilson (Starting a Firm) Business of Architecture
December 18, 2012 05:38 - 40 minutes - 11.7 MBThe Business of Architecture podcast discusses marketing, finding the right clients, and starting an architecture firm. Today's Episode 001: Wondering what it takes to launch an architecture firm from scratch? Today's guest did it. Our guest today has an incredible story of how she launched her firm during the greatest economic downturn since the great depression. Listen in while Oscia Wilson, owner of Boiled Architecture, pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to launch an ...