Mark R. LePage, Author at EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects Page

Nov 25 2013

My Plans for Entrepreneur Architect in 2014

About a year ago I announced the idea behind my 12/12/12 Project and invited the small Entrepreneur Architect community to take their lives to the next level. “Do something life altering!”, I encouraged. My 12/12/12 Project was to launch the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast and relaunch this website as EntreArchitect.com. My intent with Entrepreneur Architect is […]

Nov 17 2013

Fear

Annmarie and I spent the past week deconstructing, disassembling, demolishing and disposing of the Pleasantville Studio. More than 11 years of files, record documents, samples, manufacturers’ binders, reference books, code manuals and accumulated “stuff” needed to be sorted, relocated or trashed. To be honest, its been overwhelming. I am thankful that our move has been […]

Nov 10 2013

How To Have Your Architecture Published

Every architect has a dream of having their work published in books and magazines. For some it’s a right of passage – a testament to hard work and years of focus. For others, its a marketing strategy. Publication is a form of social proof indicating that our designs are worthy of our prospective clients’ attention. […]

Oct 27 2013

The Architect’s Liability: Retaining Records and Documents

This week, Annmarie and I organized, coordinated and began to make the “big move”. If you don’t know about our plans, you may want to read more at an article I shared a couple weeks back. The new studio is still being constructed, but we have much to do before we need to move anything […]

Oct 20 2013

Architectural Services: Focus on People Rather than Projects

Our job as small firm architects is not only to design great buildings or to prepare construction documents, which become the legal contract between owner and contractor. Our responsibility is far greater than what’s listed in our agreement between owner and architect. Our clients have big dreams, little idea of how to achieve their goals […]

Oct 13 2013

A New Business Model for Small Firm Architects

A perfect storm has developed and we are taking advantage of our opportunity to be more efficient, more effective, more flexible and have more freedom. First, A Bit of History In 1999, we launched Fivecat Studio from a makeshift studio in the basement of our 1934 stucco cottage in the woods of Chappaqua, New York. […]