How to improve your architecture fee proposal

Writing an architecture fee proposal can be both daunting and all-consuming. Yet there are steps you can take to improve your fee proposal so that you win more projects and secure the fees you want. In this article, we outline best practices for creating and presenting an architect’s fee proposal.

Architecture practice boosters to try mid-year

A mid-year check-in with your practice can ensure that you are on pace to meet your revenue goals before the end of the year. Here are our three top recommendations for you to take on this June. Each practice booster focuses on one key area of the business – finance, operations, and sales and marketing – to ensure well-rounded success before the end of 2021.

Create your architecture business strategy in 3 easy steps

Good architecture is not enough to bring in good business. Architects need a business strategy they can implement in their practice. Here are three tips to consider when creating a business strategy in an architecture practice.

Three tips to nail your tender submission

Crafting a tender submission can be one of the most challenging and arduous aspects of the job. There’s often little room for creativity, tedious requirements and an ever-encroaching deadline.

Start-Up Series: Yvonne Meng and Amber Laing

Yvonne Meng and Amber Laing, founders and directors of Circle Studio, tells their story of what led them to start their practice. Start-Up Series is a newly launched series at Archibiz, where we bring you a first-hand look into conversations with start-up architects. The architects we will interview will range in years of experience and life stories.

Here are your top 5 business improvement tips for 2021

As we look to wrap up this year, we would like to offer you our top five business improvement tips for 2021. Each tip is meant to advance your business to the next level, no matter where your practice was in 2020.

Start-Up Series: Daniel Moore

Daniel Moore, founder of Open Creative Studio, tells his story of what led him to start his practice after working for Breathe Architecture three times. Start-Up Series is a newly launched series at Archibiz, where we bring you a first-hand look into conversations with start-up architects. The architects we will interview will range in years of experience and life stories.

Start-Up Series: Richard FitzGerald

Richard FitzGerald is the director of Richard FitzGerald Architects, a small architecture firm that primarily focuses on residential projects. FitzGerald started his firm in 2018 after working for Melbourne-based NTF Architecture for more than eight years.     Archibiz: How did you know when you were ready to break off on your own?  FitzGerald: I suppose I always … Continued

Does my practice need to win an architecture award?

How important is winning an award to a practice? Architecture awards can bring credibility and awareness to an architecture practice. They can also aid with marketing and recruitment strategies. However, they also require detailed submissions that answer the true question being asked.

Start-Up Series: Jose Rodriguez

Jose Rodriguez is the director of PLOT Architecture and Urbanism, a Geelong-based firm he founded at the start of 2020. Rodriguez started his firm after working at Powell & Glenn Architects and Chamberlain Architects for five and two years, respectively. As he builds his practice, Rodriguez said he’s particularly interested in “new forms of housing … Continued