Strategies to help you kickstart your practice in a new year

As we approach the end of the year, it’s time to think about ways that we could improve our architecture practices in the new year. There are three strategies that you can implement right away that will help you build your profitability and productivity in the new year.

Business of Architecture: Getting Out of Your Own Way with Ray Brown

Watch Ray Brown, Archibiz co-founder, speak on the Business of Architecture Podcast. In this interview, you’ll hear Rion Willard, host of the show, talk to Ray about how architects can learn the basics of business to advance their own practice. You’ll also learn how architects can communicate their value to the client and bring awareness to their practice.

The power of the business review

Undertaking a business review can be one of the most impactful decisions an architecture practice owner can take. While it can be a daunting endeavor, business reviews have the power to energise your architecture practice and prepare you for what’s coming next. A business review can uncover the strengths and capabilities of each team member, and help owners gain clarity around their financials.

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.

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