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Al Cross is a Vice President at PGAV Destinations, a St. Louis firm that designs theme parks. Some of PGAV’s latest projects include the Space Shuttle Atlantis Complex and Lost Kingdom at the Tulsa Zoo. Al brings a large-firm perspective to Business of Architecture. In this episode, Al talks shares some of the business strategies [...]

Twitter? Why would you waste your time? If you’ve ever thought this, welcome to the club. This post is for you. And here’s what we’re really wondering: Is Twitter worth our time and resources as architects? When researching this post, I came across the popular Internet psychologist Graham Jones and his thoughts on the subject. [...]

Should 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 [...]

Successful architecture firms have one thing in common: a great business name (okay, maybe not, but I digress ). After many long years of paying your dues, the dream (or nightmare depending on your point of view) of running your own firm is within reach. Regardless of what other firms are doing, you are ready [...]

This article was written for the AIA Blog Off on the theme “What does architect as leader mean to you?” “Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, [...]

I came across this infographic the other day by graphic designer Anna Vital on “How to Never Give Up on Being an Entrepreneur” and thought it applied so well to architecture that I took some ‘artistic liberties’ and applied some modifications. You can see Anna’s original text underneath, and the ‘Business of Architecture’ authorized changes [...]

How can a designer use her design talents to develop and build her own project? In this interview, find out how Hilary Scruggs, founder of Operative Ventures, bought an urban lot in a blighted area of San Antonio and developed it into two modern housing units that were featured in the August 2011 issue of [...]

Jonathan Segal, FAIA is an architect who practices in a different reality from most architects. He creates his own reality. Since his first project, 7 on Kettner, hit downtown San Diego in 1991, Segal has been a champion of an alternate practice paradigm for architects: he develops, designs, and builds his own projects. Developing his [...]

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 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lee is also an adjunct faculty [...]

Livingstone 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 [...]