Since early 2012, I have been writing about the business of architecture, a subject that has since become the primary focus of Panfilo. You can review a chronological listing of all of my business content here, or search the below index on articles related to clients, growth and finances.
The client / architect relationship
Growth, fees and business finances
- Working pro bono, 1 September 2020
- The cost of Revit, 27 August 2020
- The data of growth, 18 April 2018
- To grow or not to grow, 16 April 2018
- Goals oriented planning, 27 March 2018
- The challenges of geography, 30 January 2017
- When the beast gets hungry, 24 December 2015
- Feeding the beast, 30 November 2015
- The ideal client, 15 January 2014
- Why your budget is not your brief, 10 January 2013
- The architectural fee, 25 April 2012
Why engage an architect
Grouped under the tag, why engage an architect
- We are surprisingly cheap, 3 November 2014
- We design for environmental sustainability, 27 October 2014
- We design for your future, 20 October 2014
- Quality not quantity, 13 October 2014
- Research and development, 29 September 2014
- We tell you how it is, 18 August 2014
- We have creative vision, 28 July 2014
- What you see is what you get, 21 July 2014
- Our work is site specific, 13 July 2014
- Our work is all about you, 10 July 2014
The different forms of the architectural fee
Grouped under the tag, explaining the architectural fee
- Explaining incremental tasks, 16 September 2016
- Explaining hourly rates, 10 August 2016
- Explaining the lump sum fee, 25 July 2016
- Explaining the percentage fee, 27 June 2016
- Explaining the architectural fee, 23 June 2016
The transition from a lean startup to a mature (but still lean) business
Grouped under the tag, renovating our business
- Predictable profitability – part 3, 23 February 2018
- Predictable profitability – part 2, 30 October 2017
- Predictable profitability – part 1, 23 October 2017
- Accountable accounting, 30 July 2017
- Renovating our business, 28 June 2017
Image:
- Mihaly Slocombe studio, photo by Tatjana Plitt.