Business of Architecture Podcast

Today we speak with Keith Houchin of SB Architects about his top business tips including: How to "wow" your clients with architectural visualization (it isn't just about the image) Tips for picking the right rendering company that matches your budget The project 'kickstart' process that gets everyone on the team aligned and reduces future problems

Discover the 3-step client attraction process to win better projects, more consistently. In this episode of the Business of Architecture podcast, you'll hear the 2nd part of my presentation on how to become an in-demand architecture firm in 12 months, not 12 years. The Summit is the Architect Marketing Institute's yearly event where our coaching clients get on stage and share the exact strategies and tactics they've used to grow their business over the past year. For more information about the Summit, visit http://archmarketing.org/summit.

Discover how to apply client-attracting, inbound marketing strategies for your architecture firm so that you can pick and choose the projects you work on. In this episode of the Business of Architecture podcast, you'll discover how to become an in-demand architecture firm in 12 months, not 12 years. Discover how to increase the caliber and quality of architecture projects you win. Discover how to reach potential architecture clients BEFORE they start looking for an architect. This episode is the audio from the presentation I gave at this year's Architect Business Summit that I put on in New York City. The Summit is the Architect Marketing Institute's yearly event where our coaching clients get on stage and share the exact strategies and tactics they've used to grow their business over the past year. For more information about the Summit, visit http://archmarketing.org/summit .

Discover how this architect built a business that allows her to help more people, and gives her the impact, freedom and flexibility that matches her family lifestyle. In 2013, architect Amelia Lee had a big year, personally and professionally. It started with a personal tragedy and culminated with a trip to Uganda to meet people courageously (and against all odds) ending their own hunger and poverty. She saw in person what happens when you educate and empower someone to believe things can be different -- that they can make a difference and reach a different destination. She came back home to her husband and 3 small children. She looked at the dreams they had been delaying because they weren't 'ready': financial goals, career goals, and personal goals. She thought about all the reasons why she wasn't living the life she really wanted … and realized those reasons were excuses. She wanted a family-centered, flexible life, where she was really making a difference in how people live in – and beyond – their homes. She wanted to impact how Australians create and occupy their homes, while also being the wife and mother she wants to be. She decided to move her family to a beautiful, rural area on the northern Australian coast. Determined that there was another way to leverage her skills as an architect that didn't involve living in a large city and doing traditional client work, she founded Undercover Architect - a consulting platform that helps homeowners get the home of their dreams and helps her build her ideal life.

Today is a UK edition of the Business of Architecture. In this episode, my co-host Rion Willard speaks with Jason Bruges, an experience designer and the director of Jason Bruges Studio. After being educated and trained as an architect, Jason moved over into experience design. Today Jason Bruges reveals how he leveraged his training in architecture to found and direct one of the world's leading experience design firms. You may ask, what is experience design? Basically, experience design is the design of the environment with a special focus on the experience that a person has as they move through that environment. Jason Bruges Studio creates interactive spaces that combine architecture, art installation and interaction design, which basically means these spaces and installations respond to the people who inhabit them. Every now and then I like to bring on a guest that has used his or her architecture degree outside of the traditional realm of architecture - today's interview is an example of that.

Today is a UK edition of the Business of Architecture show. In this episode my co-host Rion Willard speaks with Kyle Buchanan, one of the Directors of Archio, an architecture firm with offices in London and Cheltenham. The firm specializes in housing and public buildings. Kyle Buchanan talks about how he inherited his firm from his father, and how he rebranded it to give it a new identity that includes his partner Mellis and the company team members. Among the valuable nuggets you'll get from today's episode, Kyle talks about how hiring a business coach opened up a new, empowered way of approaching his business. He talks about business systems, culture and what he calls the 3 strands of marketing. Near the end of today's show, Kyle reveals how he empowers his team members to contribute to the marketing efforts.

Today is a UK edition of the Business of Architecture podcast. On this episode, co-host Rion Willard interviews Simon Hallion, the owner of Shared Architecture based in London. Discover Simon Hallion's top 3 pieces of advice for future (and current) firm leaders. You'll also discover: Simon's strategy for winning against larger, better-funded firms How to build a team as a sole practitioner (so things still get done while you're on holiday) The 1 investment he recommends firm owners make (it isn't software or employees) Why you should NOT accept every person who wants to work with you

Today is a UK edition of the Business of Architecture. On this episode, co-host Rion Willard interviews Simon Hallion, the owner of Shared Architecture based in London. When Simon started his firm, he moved from Nottingham, (which you know is the home of the infamous Sherrif of Nottingham) to London. His business contacts were in Nottingham, so he truly had to start from scratch. On today's episode you'll hear how he chose a profitable market to pursue, how he established a network as a newcomer in the city, and how he won his first client in London shortly after moving there. Simon also shares his insights on what clients really care about, and how this knowledge has helped him be more effective in selling architecture.

Discover what you should be measuring in your architecture firm to increase your profitability, staff satisfaction, and impact. Today we are joined by Steven Burns, FAIA, Chief Creative Officer of BQE Software. In today's episode, Steven shares a few key financial indicators that you should watch as an architecture firm owner. He also tells us about BQE Core, his company's new flagship software for effective firm management.

Discover lesson learned growing a design-focused architecture practice in this episode of the Business of Architecture show. Host Rion Willard speaks with Jonathan Hagos, a director at Freehaus, a London-based architectural practice. Jonathan reveals the decisions he made early on to avoid what he calls the "home extension" low-fee trap. You'll also discover: The key decision they took to be able to charge higher His process for finding and connecting with the right networking contacts that lead to the kind of clients they want, What they did to grow their practice in the early years. You'll also discover how they find the right staff that is a fit for the firm.