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Market Research Strategies in Uncertain Times #3: Strategic Market Research - Preparing for the Rebound
Are you ready for the rebound? Whether you are a sole practitioner or principal in a large firm, now is the time to sketch out your blueprint of where you are and where you want to go. The mechanism for determining these positions is the strategic plan.
by Frances Gretes September 2, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Work with Clients to Develop Plans That Place Human/Spatial Relationships First
Tip #17: Shape dialogues with clients to catalyze designs promoting clear meanings of human relationships in proposed spaces.
by Norman Weinstein August 4, 2009 | 
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HEAT Rises Down Under Despite the Economy:
Queensland's New Wave of Environmental Architects
by Debra Pickrel July 30, 2009 | 
(John Gollings) |
Book Review: "Everything Must Move: 15 Years at Rice School of Architecture 1994-2009"
There’s a Texas flood of architectural ideas that gives ample evidence of an architecture school that unsettles pat assumptions. Who could ask for anything more?
by Norman Weinstein July 22, 2009 | 
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Market Research Strategies in Uncertain Times #2: Finding Leads
Finding leads that one can act on right away is a difficult task, especially during tough economic times, but these strategies can help.
by Frances Gretes July 9, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Faster! Deeper! Broader!
Tip #16: How to balance high-speed communication with in-depth communication.
by Norman Weinstein July 1, 2009 | 
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A City's Artful Heart: Citygarden by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and studio|durham architects
St. Louis, Missouri: Two formerly vacant downtown blocks have been given new life as a serene urban oasis in the heart of the city.
by ArchNewsNow June 30, 2009 | 
(Gateway Foundation) |
"Avenue of Light" as Urbanism: Soaring, illuminated sculptures by Cliff Garten Studio anchor major redevelopment efforts in the Ft. Worth's historic district
by ArchNewsNow June 25, 2009 | 
(Kevin Buchanan, courtesy of Cliff Garten Studio) |
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Market Research Strategies in Uncertain Times
#1 - Now More Than Ever: Why market research is so critical to a firm's success.
by Frances Gretes June 24, 2009 | 
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A Company of Generalists
An Interview with Joe Valerio of Valerio Dewalt Train
by ArchNewsNow June 23, 2009 | 
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Engaging Students in Smart-Building Design: Illinois Institute of Technology New Student Residence Halls by Dirk Denison Architects
Chicago: Performance-calibrated building design and student-centric spaces will give students control over their environment and generate performance data to be shared with university and architectural communities beyond the IIT campus.
by ArchNewsNow June 11, 2009 | 
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Book Review: A Subversive Book Every Architect Needs: "Architect's Essentials of Negotiation" by Ava J. Abramowitz
Supposedly architects don't need negotiating skills along with other communication skills because great design "sells itself." How lovely that an AIA legal counsel created this definitive book to shatter that thin myth.
by Norman Weinstein June 5, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Translate Images Into Touching Performances
Tip #15: Cultivate communication with clients that translates architectural imagery into experience at their fingertips.
by Norman Weinstein June 2, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Emphasize Words with Lasting Resonance
Tip #14: Cluster symbolic and mythically-charged keywords in communication with clients.
by Norman Weinstein May 6, 2009 | 
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Stylish Stacking: Container Housing Project by Group 41
Salt Lake City, Utah: Shipping containers will jump off the rails to form an innovative multifamily apartment complex near a commuter rail station.
by ArchNewsNow April 28, 2009 | 
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Book Review: A Perspective from One Elevation: "Conversations With Frank Gehry" by Barbara Isenberg
Gehry's conversations offer portraits of an astute listener as well as talker, an architect as aware of his flaws and limitations as of his virtues.
by Norman Weinstein April 21, 2009 | 
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Op-Ed: Designing the New Public/Private Model
Greater government involvement in design can be an opportunity - if done correctly. That requires architects to be to be at the table from the beginning.
by Peter Schubert April 16, 2009 | 
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One on One: Elusive Architecture: Interview with Kengo Kuma
"I want to create a condition that is as vague and ambiguous as drifting particles. The closest thing to such a condition is a rainbow."
by Vladimir Belogolovsky April 14, 2009 | 
(Daici Ano) |
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Book Review: Tripping Out to London and Paris
Time to become a homebody, shop frugally, eat in, and take a virtual tour led by Sam Lubell
by Sam Hall Kaplan April 8, 2009 | 
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WORDS THAT BUILD: Re-invent Green Communication
Tip #13: Try the spectacular 2-step program to cut fat and reduce telltale signs of greenwash.
by Norman Weinstein April 2, 2009 | 
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