Architect's essentials of starting, assessing, and transitioning a design firm

Architect's essentials of starting, assessing, and transitioning a design firm.

Piven, Peter and Bradford Perkins.

John Wiley & Sons

2008

444 pages

$65.00

Hardcover

NA1996

This publication is a combination of two previous titles: Architect's Essentials of Starting a Design Firm (2003) and Architect's Essentials of Ownership Transition (2002) with the purpose of providing one book useful throughout the life cycle of a design firm; each previous title is contained in one of the two sections of this publication. Consultant Piven and principle architect Perkins offer practical advice in dealing with issues such as creating a business plan; implementing successful business and marketing strategies; managing personnel, fees, contract negotiations, budgets, and legalities; evaluating a firm; establishing criteria for selecting new firm owners; and transitioning smoothly into new ownership. This title includes a study guide, an article on charting a course reprinted from the May/June 1986 Architectural Technology, and a glossary.

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