The Architects Guide To Running A Practice

The Architect"s Guide to Running a Practice, David Littlefield
Elsevier, Architectural Press | ISBN 0750660996 | 2005 | PDF | 121 pages | 3.64 MB

This is an important book filled with information on starting and running a practice. Case studies and advice from practitioners, big and small, run alongside outlines of all the key topics, to give you an insight into the problems and challenges others have faced when setting up a design business. Accessible and informative, this handbook is the ideal first point of reference when starting a practice.

1. Provides practical advice to show you how to make your business a success
2. Based on real life examples, not theory, to give you a jargon free accessible guide
3. Gives clear and concise information guiding you directly to the key information you need

Audience

Professional architects and design professionals thinking about, or in the process of, starting their own practice. Architecture and design students.

Contents

Preface, Introduction, 1 Money, 2 Marketing, 3 Staying Small, 4 Managing Growth, 5 Office Management, 6 IT, Appendices, A Debt collection, B PR - In-house VS Consultant, C Framework Agreements, D Management structure at AEDAS, E Employment Contracts, F Practice administration, G Business models, H Contacts.

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