Displaying 1 - 30 of 90 in total
Hospitality Design w/ Michael Hsu, FAIA + APTUS - How Should Architects + MEP Engineers Work Together?
Creating the perfect restaurant vibe requires controlling air temperature, velocity, day lighting, and acoustic quality all at once, but most architect-engineer teams ...
How this Architect became more selective with clients using Monograph
Architecture firms often accept any project that comes their way, but what if you could use data to choose only the clients who value your expertise?In this episode, y...
How Should Architects + Structural Engineers Work Together? (w/ Arch11 and KL&A Engineers)
Most architects treat engineers like a service you hand work to, but what if your breakthrough moments happen when you start conceptual conversations before making any...
How Should Architects + Engineers Work Together? (w/ Studio GWA + Angus Young)
Architects don’t design alone. But real collaboration between firms? That’s the hard part.In this episode, you’ll learn what it actually takes to run successful projec...
How Should Architects + Landscape Architects Work Together? (w/ Shape Architecture + Superbloom)
A&E project collaboration sounds great–until projects go over budget, scope gets muddy, and no one's sure who's doing what.In this episode, two award-winning design fi...
How Dynamic Engineering Grew Profit 25% by Switching from Excel to Monograph
Unbilled hours. Constant firefighting. Are broken systems holding back your A&E firm? In this episode, you’ll learn a simple question to find broken systems and get a ...
How Workbench Cut Monthly Unbilled Fees by 75% After Switching from BQE Core to Monograph
Many architects and engineers struggle to manage their business, from staying on top of budgets to streamlining invoicing and forecasting. In this episode, we explore ...
How Workshop/APD Transformed Their Architecture and Design Business with Monograph
Many architects and engineers feel overwhelmed by the business side of their work. In this episode, we explore how Workshop/APD, a leading multidisciplinary design fir...
How Garrison Architects cut costs 50% by leaving ArchiOffice for Monograph
Meet Garrison Architects — a Brooklyn-based architecture firm that specializes in sustainable, modular building design through highly refined modernist aesthetics acro...
Design-build firm Woodhull streamlined collaboration after switching from BQE Core to Monograph
Meet the design-build firm Woodhull — an integrated architecture, construction, and millwork firm delivering thoughtful and enduring residential and commercial project...
MVRDV: How To Win Work (w/ Inger Kammeraat, Jan Knikker)
What does organization have to do with landing new clients? Managing Director Inger Kammeraat and Strategy and Development partner Jan Knikker at MVRDV believe a well-...
Level Architecture + Interiors: Success Stories: Leveling up Practice Ops (w/Adam Gayle)
Running a new business is difficult, whether you're starting with a blank slate, rebranding, or splitting off from a larger entity. The key to success often lies in de...
bldg.collective architecture + design: Achieving Balance: Creative Expression Meets Professional Service (w/ Steve Perce)
Architects can often feel pulled in two opposing directions. On one hand are the client's desires and needs, and on the other hand is the architect's personal creativi...
Defining Design Practice: Defining Change (w/ Lorena Galvao)
Best practices in any industry change quickly. Flexibility and agility often make the difference between remaining cutting edge and falling behind the curve. During Se...
Charrette Venture Group: Designing the Client Experience (w/ Lucas Gray, Dena Alspach)
Happy clients are a key ingredient to running a successful architecture business. Positive client experiences are important: when you do it right, you'll secure referr...
Studio Balcones: Growth Rooted in Community (w/ Jennifer Orr, Tiffany Rasco)
Growth doesn’t happen overnight. But how does it happen? For Principal Jennifer Orr and Office Manager Tiffany Rasco of the landscape architecture firm Studio Balcones...
Ennead Architects LLP: How Civic Architecture Can Inspire Change (w/ Molly McGowan, Thomas Wong)
The dream training of an architect isn’t siloed, repetitive work. It’s experiencing a whole range of different scales, different typologies, and different locales in t...
GLUCK+: Architects Who Build (w/ Thomas Gluck, Stacie Wong)
In the architect-led design-build model, the architect is responsible not only for design but for construction as well. This represents a major shift from the traditio...
Stayner Architects: How To Design New Models for Practice (w/ Christian Stayner)
Many traditional architecture practices are no longer sustainable. Firms that want to lead the path into the future will need to adopt new ways of thinking. In this Be...
Essel Environmental: How the Random Can Change Your Practice (w/ Nik Lahiri)
When unexpected opportunities arise, sometimes it’s best to say yes and figure it out later. But in order to see the project through, you need to understand how to get...
Runcible Studios: How To Start Your Own Practice (w/ Marilyn Moedinger)
Not every architect should start their own practice. It comes down to how you want to spend your time. If you want to spend most of your time being an architect, don’t...
SK Development: How To Manage A Development Pipeline (w/ Scott Shnay)
Developers need a steady pipeline of projects to keep their businesses thriving. That means juggling multiple projects that are in various stages, from design to start...
Form Developers: How to Design Apartments Using Floorplan Data (w/ Bobby Fijan)
When you think about design, data probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, that’s exactly what you should be thinking about according to Bobby Fijan of ...
Roundtable: Burnout Across Architecture (w/ Monograph's Growth Team)
Burnout can decrease workplace efficiency, make employees sick, and even cause people to leave their careers. In the wake of the pandemic, workers are more likely than...
NADAAA: How to Own the Means and Methods (w/ Nader Tehrani, Arthur Chang)
Owning the means and methods throughout the design and construction process can be challenging. This is especially true for new designers or architects who haven’t bee...
LERA: How to Move a Legacy Firm Into the Future (w/ Carrie Villani, Doug González)
Business development is everyone’s job. Every employee, regardless of level or title, can and should do their part to propel their firm forward — to new clients, inter...
Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations: Rethinking the role of the Public Architect (w/ Curtis Clay)
The Bureau of Overseas Building Operations has high standards to meet. The buildings they design have to be secure, functional, and stand the test of time. The embassi...
WXY Studio: How a Cross-Disciplinary Firm Prepares for Emerging Challenges (w/ Amy Hau, Colin Montoute)
In architecture, as with almost any business, the environment you create in your office can make or break your team’s productivity. But with pandemic protocols forcing...
Studio Rick Joy: Fireside Chat (w/ Rick Joy, Taylor Dickson)
An architect’s role by definition revolves around the planning, designing, and construction of buildings. But Rick Joy, principal at Studio Rick Joy, doesn’t see it th...
Selldorf Architects: How To Build Collaborative Practices (w/ Sara Lopergolo, Oliver Link)
Building a strong team sounds simple: put a bunch of talented people with complementary skill sets together in the same room. But in reality, there’s a carefully calib...