Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Series

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—Robert Greenstreet, Dean, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning

This is an essential guide for architects and their clients and consultants Read More

Written by two leading experts in the field this essential volume offers a step-by-step guide to understanding and evaluating the goals, risks and the rewards of starting a firm. Read More

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Find the concise, practical business information you need right now in the Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Series. These authoritative guides quickly make you an instant expert on the best business practices crucial for success in today's design and construction professions. Each portable, affordable, user-friendly volume gives you:
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Written by two leading experts in the field this essential volume offers a step-by-step guide to understanding and evaluating the goals, risks and the rewards of starting a firm. Read More

The architect's interest in continuing education has increased as a result of the national trend of state initiatives requiring continuing education for architect registration.

Architect's Essentials of Professional Development assists registered architects and architecture firms in designing their own professional development programme in the context of professional practice. Read More

The Architect's Essentials of Professional Practice Seriesprovides substantive information on the business of architecture and its affiliated professions to maintain and improve the quality of the professional and business environment.

Architects and designers are usually required to prepare and submit proposals in order to secure new business and the success of these proposals has a direct impact on the success or failure of any given firm. Read More

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Written by a cost-control expert with more than thirty years of design and building expertise, this volume in the Professional Practice Essentials Series gives you practical, user-friendly guidance on how to better manager costs through all phases of a project. Dell'Isola first explains the basics of cost management-from estimating costs during the design phase to managing costs during construction and even after occupancy. He then covers all of the Read More

The majority of architecture and design firms employ fewer than ten people. As with any small business, the owner/principal of these firms must make plans for all of the eventual transitions that will impact the practice and any or all of the people therein. This book in the Professional Practice Essentials Series offers comprehensive advice on the subject, specifically tailored to the practicing design professional. Here, a noted consultant who specializes Read More