What one of architecture’s greatest innovators can teach us about entrepreneurship, professional success, and building a sustainable practice. We spend years studying the work of great architects. We examine their buildings, analyze their design philosophies, and learn how their ideas influenced the profession. Frank Lloyd Wright is among the most studied architects in history, and […]
When You Become the Bottleneck in Your Own Firm
There is a moment most firm owners never notice when it happens. You are still doing the same things you have always done. Answering the questions. Solving the problems. Attending the meetings. Being the person everyone counts on. And yet somewhere along the way, the very thing that made you successful quietly turned into the […]
Why Learning Is Your Architecture Firm’s Real Advantage
The firms that thrive over the next decade won’t be the ones that know the most. They’ll be the ones that keep learning. In this week’s solo session on the podcast, I argued that learning is a competitive advantage for architects, one that now matters more than the knowledge we spent our careers acquiring. A […]
How Art Impacts Healing When Designing Healthcare Environments
Designing Healthcare Environments Starts With How People Feel Annette Ridenour learned what a room can do to a person when caring for her ailing mother. It was the kind of clinical space that was built for function and little else, the sort of environment that offered nothing for a person to hold onto during a […]
Improv Skills for Architects: Lead Better, Listen Deeper
I was nervous about this one. Turns out that was exactly the point. I told my guest before we hit record that I was nervous. Not stage fright exactly, more the specific discomfort of walking into a room where I don’t know the rules. I’ve hosted hundreds of podcast conversations. I know how to ask […]
What 13 Years of Watching Architects Grow Taught Me
There is a moment I have seen play out dozens of times inside the EntreArchitect Community. An architect shows up, usually somewhere between frustrated and exhausted, carrying a firm that is technically functioning but quietly draining them. They are good at the work. They care deeply about their clients. But the business decisions, the fee […]
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