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Apr 03 2018

What Was I Thinking?
Four Lessons in Telling the Truth

My First Assignment Many years ago, before Annmarie and I started our residential architecture firm, I was a project manager with Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects in Mt. Kisco, New York. I worked very closely with the senior partner at the time, Dick Kaeyer. My first assignment as Project Manager was a major addition and […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business, Leadership · Tagged: internship, leadership, Project Management, telling the truth

Dec 12 2017

Limit Their Stress By Limiting Their Choices

When performing our Design Development phase with clients, we typically assist them in selecting all their finishes, plumbing fixtures and lighting. It’s an Additional Service, but one that most clients are happy to have us complete. The process of selecting is completed most efficiently when we discover and learn, through questionnaires and images, what our […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business · Tagged: Customer Service, design development, Project Management, selections

Jun 13 2017

Influence

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn… The people who have held the greatest influence on my professional success have been the founders of these five companies. The social internet has forever changed the world and our place upon it. My success as an architect and an entrepreneur has been the direct result of the stories told, […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks

Nov 15 2016

The Biggest Surprise of My Life as an Architect

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers from around the world publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. This month, the #ArchiTalks theme is “Then and […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Leadership

Aug 30 2016

Back to School: Marketing for Architects

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers from around the world publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business · Tagged: #ArchiTalks, branding for architects, marketing for architects, sales

Jul 25 2016

How To Enjoy an Annual Summer “Shut Down” as a Small Firm Architect

The European Holiday Shut Down Every summer, much of the European continent takes holiday at the same time. During the month of August, the city streets empty and the summer resorts fill up. Many architects have experienced the result of this shut down when ordering products or materials from European suppliers. If you order tile […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business, Management

Jan 11 2016

New Year. New Budget.

With each new year, we start fresh with big dreams, renewed vision and updated plans. January is a month for us to reestablish our focus on the many goals (or ONE Goal) for our business and life. It’s a time for us to expel the unnecessary, organize and prepare our success for the next 11 […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business

Nov 24 2015

From My Table to Yours

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. This is a bonus edition of #ArchiTalks, with a Thanksgiving theme, “From An Architect’s Table”, where each architect blogger will share a favorite holiday recipe. […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks · Tagged: #ArchiTalks

Nov 09 2015

Our First Architecture Project [#ArchiTalks]

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “My First Project”, so I decided […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business

Sep 07 2015

Living an Integrated Life as a Small Firm Architect

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a growing group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. We call it #ArchiTalks. Read posts from past topics on Google, Twitter and Facebook, by searching for the hashtag #ArchiTalks. This […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks · Tagged: Integrated Life, work/life balance

Jul 05 2015

2 Simple Systems That Will Transform Your Studio

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. We call it #ArchiTalks. Read posts from past topics on Google, Twitter and Facebook, by searching for the hashtag #ArchiTalks. This month, […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business · Tagged: cloud, paperless office

Mar 29 2015

How to Craft an Effective Blog Post in 90 Minutes or Less

Each month, my friend Bob Borson over at Life of an Architect organizes a group of architect bloggers to coordinate a single post on a single topic released simultaneously on a specific day. We call it #ArchiTalks. Read posts from past topics on Google, Twitter and Facebook, by searching for the hashtag #ArchiTalks. This month, […]

Written by Mark R. LePage · Categorized: #ArchiTalks, Business · Tagged: #ArchiTalks, Blogging, Work Flow, Writing

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