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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, […]

5 Simple Ways Architects Can Give Back

We Are All Superheroes We are all superheroes with our own superpowers. As architects, we have the power to literally change lives. We have the ability to create unique spaces, that when combined with the right materials and proper execution become environments that transform people. We each have special talents that make us unique. We […]

Learn to Use Deadlines with Skill

The deadline is a critical tool, used by the most successful people in the world to make things happen. When teaching about business planning, author/speaker Dave Ramsey says, “Goals are dreams with deadlines.” It’s the deadline that will take our intentions and turn them into reality. Without them, life flows into the void and our […]

No More Starving Artist

How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. New firms are launched every day […]

What Do Architects Do?

Editor’s Note: Peter F. Gaito, Jr. AIA, NCARB is an architect at Peter F. Gaito Architects, Engineers, Planners and the current President of AIA Westchester + Hudson Valley, my local chapter here in Westchester County, New York. The following is a re-print of Peter’s monthly letter to the chapter shared here with his permission. I thought […]

The HGTV Effect

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, our theme is “Architecture […]