Click the podcast player button above to listen or subscribe to the show on iTunes. This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I have a very special guest. He’s a friend of mine and a rising star in the profession. Elected as the current president of the American Institute of Architecture Students in December of […]
EA050: Big Changes with AIAS Executive Director Nick Serfass [Podcast]
This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I have the privilege to be speaking with a man that may have some answers for students and professionals regarding IDP, the AIAS and the future of the profession. As a former assistant director of the Intern Development Program (IDP) for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards […]
7 Reasons Why Small Firm Architects Should NOT Abandon the AIA
The recent recession has been tough on the architecture profession. For the past five years many of us have been struggling to survive. We’ve taken the work we could get and reduced our expenses to the absolute minimum. As we crawl out from the darkness, the warm sunshine of a recovering economy feels so good. […]
EA014: Architecture Does Matter | An Interview with BSA President Emily Grandstaff-Rice [Podcast]
She is the daughter of an economist inspired by an advocate St. Louis architect at the age of 15. This week’s guest on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast climbed her way up through the profession, making a difference every step of the way. She’s an instructor at Boston Architectural College, an associate at Cambridge Seven Associates […]
The Future and Foresight of the American Institute of Architects
I have returned from AIA Convention 2013 with enthusiasm and encouragement. Repositioning has begun and the leadership has clearly been listening to the members of the profession. Unfortunately, very little referencing the business of architecture was presented on stage by AIA leadership. When I met AIA CEO Robert Ivy later that same day and asked specifically why […]
Will the AIA Repositioning Effort Succeed?
On Wednesday morning, I’ll be leaving Westchester County and heading west to Denver, Colorado for AIA Convention 2013. Will you be there? The theme for this convention is “Building Leaders” and I expect much of the message from AIA will revolve around their current Repositioning initiative. AIA National is Repositioning I am very encouraged after reading […]
