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| THE ARCHITECT'S GUIDE TO RUNNING A PRACTICE
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By
David Littlefield, Architectural writer and journalist
Description
This is your essential one stop shop for information on starting and running a practice. Case studies and advice from practitioners, big
and small, run alongside outlines of all the key topics, to give you an insight into the problems and challenges others have faced when
setting up a design business. Accessible and informative, this handbook is the ideal first point of reference when starting a practice.
Architects have many different reasons for setting up in practice; equally, there are many ways of running your own business. This handbook
helps you consider whether or not you should set up on your own, examining issues such as financing, office space, recruitment, IT and
workingo ut a business plan. Some architects want to stay small, while others have ambitions to grow into large businesses. Some grow
big accidentally. And then there are those who pick and choose their work carefully, and even turn down undesirable contracts, while
others will grab at everything possible. This book woudl explore these different models and illustrate how different kinds of practice
develop into successful businesses.
Importantly, the book will stress that these issues are crucial - you may be the best designer in
the world, but unless your business is well managed you will fail. On the other hand, some successful architects spend a lot of time
looking for new work and attending to management issues, rarely finding the time for design work. This book would illustrate how architects
have struck a balance between these two extremes.
Audience
Professional architects and design professionals thinking about, or in the process of, starting their own practice. Architecture and design students.
Contents
Preface, Introduction, 1 Money, 2 Marketing, 3 Staying Small, 4 Managing Growth, 5 Office Management, 6 IT, Appendices, A Debt collection,
B PR - In-house VS Consultant, C Framework Agreements, D Management structure at AEDAS, E Employment Contracts, F Practice administration,
G Business models, H Contacts
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Paperback, 144 pages, publication date: OCT-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-6099-0
ISBN-10: 0-7506-6099-6
Imprint: ARCHITECTURAL PRESS
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