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Apr 02 2007

“New Media” Panel Discussion

Beyond Your Website… How Businesses Can Use “New Media” to Grow Blogs, YouTube, Social Networks – Hype, Fad or Real Business Drivers? April 19th at Sam’s of Gedney Way in White Plains, New York. I will be a panelist discussing how our firm benefits from my work on the Internet. I hope to see you there. Click […]

Apr 01 2007

Building Wright

Apple.com has a profile of Thomas A. Heinz, AIA, the architect commissioned to reverse-engineer and complete a Frank Lloyd Wright house being built on Petra Island at Lake Mahopac, New York. The article is mainly focused on Heinz’s use of Archicad and Apple computers. It describes the process he used to develop the design […]

Mar 31 2007

www.YourFirm.com

When I launched our firm’s website back in 1999, there were few architects online. We started Fivecat Studio with no clients and no cash. A few friends commissioned us to design small residential, retail and restaurant projects. We photographed them, launched Fivecat.com and the rest is history. From those early projects to this day, the […]

Mar 30 2007

Lessons Learned from Apple

If you have not been to the new Apple store on Fifth Avenue, do it soon. In a city where everything is big and loud, the Apple store stands out by being small and quiet. It is simply genius. When you are there, take a good look at Apple as a business. The Apple […]

Mar 29 2007

5 Tips on Word of Mouth

Traditionally, architects have found clients through word of mouth (WOM). Wouldn’t it be great if we could learn how to improve our chances of being talked about? The Word of Mouth Basic Training (WOMBAT) blog has an interesting post today about Gary Stein of Ammo Marketing and his take on Taking Awareness to the Next […]

Mar 27 2007

Chimneypieces

Today, Seth posts: Jordan Tierney and her colleagues have been working for months on the Periodic Tableaux, a one-of-a-kind art book that’s not for sale. Why invest the hours and the sweat and the talent in a piece of art you can’t (and won’t) sell? Two reasons. The best reason is that when you practice […]