Chances are pretty good that if you are an architect, you are currently employed. Every architecture firm I know is hiring at the moment - there is a feeding-frenzy to add to your staff and to be … [Read more...]
EP 94: Ask the Show – 2022 Spring Edition
How hard is it to do work for your friends? How has shifting from employee to employer changed the way you approach projects? If you could drastically change one thing about architecture school, what … [Read more...]
Creating a Work from Home Policy
An item of consideration that is becoming more prevalent in our conversations at the office is the introduction of a "Work from Home" (WFH) policy. To say that this is an important yet divisive topic … [Read more...]
089: Small Firm Mentality
Inch wide and mile-deep versus mile wide and inch deep ... the "Jack of all trades/Master of none" vs. "The Specialist" … conceptually this is the idea that distinguishes the nuances between a small … [Read more...]
Ep 087: Architectural Model Making
When we were all in architecture school, we made a ton of architectural models, but once we graduated … no more. What happened to all the architectural models? Why did 90% of us quit making models? … [Read more...]
Do Architects Draw Too Much?
Do architects draw too much? As I wrap up my weekend, where I spent the entire time reviewing and redlining sheet after sheet of construction drawings, especially after putting in a 60-hour Monday … [Read more...]