
Firm Management
The Firm Management category is about financial models, architectural design fees, other financial issues, risk management, planning, and tools for managing the firm.
I have studied time management a lot over my career. I needed to. I can slack off with best of them. I’m a natural.
Managing time and money effectively is critical to running an architectural practice profitably.
Google’s new NotebookLM is one of the first AI tools that makes it pretty simple to build a Wiki for yourself or your architectural firm.
Architects have questions every day and AI is ideal for getting the answers.
It may be time for small-firm architects to start using AI - or at least get very familiar with what it can do.
This post discusses the impact of AI for small-firm architects.
This is one easy book that anyone can benefit from, including Architects.
Learn how to calculate an appropriate fee for nearly any architectural project - large or small.
Project Forms close the gap between project management and business management for small-firm architects.
How useful are vision, mission, goals to the small-firm architect
Thoughts and advice on small-firm architects’ invoicing methods.
Architects need this strategy to grow, endure, and profit.
Why your architectural firm cannot afford accounting.
Delegating is key to business success. Take my advice on how to do it right.
If you are happy with your way of storing your files, then this won't help you. If not, you may get an idea or two here.
A really helpful book for everyone, especially Architects.
Architectural projects and fees are never as simple as they seem.
Did you know that census statistics indicate that most architectural firms are small. I have been wondering about that. Why would that be?
How to embed your architectural knowledge into your firm’s process.
Build the value of your architectural firm by adding to your knowledge-base.
One of the fundamental parts of calculating an architectural design fee as a percentage of construction cost is characterizing the complexity of the project.
These are the six most common ways for Architects to set hourly rates.
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These templates are masters of three simple, customizable contract agreements.
Is being an Architect ‘better’ than architecting?