Business of Architecture Podcast
Discover strategies, tips and secrets for running a fun, flexible and profitable architecture practice. The focus here is simple: discussion of ways for architects to create a dream architecture practice: design what you want, when you want, and get paid well for it.

Listen carefully to today's episode and you'll discover the strategies and framework that architect Ricardo Álvarez‐Díaz has used to build a successful practice.

You'll also discover:

  • Why the clients you don't work for is as important (perhaps more important) than the clients you do work for
  • How to recognize the "right" clients who will help you grow your practice
  • Why being decisive is an essential attribute of a good leader
  • Why he says that the traditional business model of architecture is dying (or even already dead)
Direct download: ep224-firm-success-ricardo-alvarez-diaz.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:21pm PDT

In today's episode we speak with a remarkable entrepreneur, educator and architect. Ricardo Álvarez‐Díaz is the founding principal of Álvarez‐Díaz & Villalón, an award-winning architecture and interior design practice with offices in San Juan Puerto Rico and Miami Florida.

Álvarez‐Díaz is President of the Puerto Rico Builders Association. He serves as the founding Co-Chair of the local Urban Land Institute (ULI) district council and is on the Board of Directors of Invest Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization established in 2017 to promote the island’s economic development. He teaches a course on entrepreneurship at the School of Architecture, Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico and frequently writes on the topics of leadership, sustainability, and business. With his wife and business partner, Cristina Villalón, he co-sponsors the Álvarez-Díaz & Villalón Fund at the University of Notre Dame, of which he is a graduate.

If you're looking for inspiration on running an impactful practice, you're going to love today's interview with Ricardo Álvarez‐Díaz - he holds nothing back as he shares the triumphs and challenges of growing his successful design firm in Puerto Rico.

In today's episode, you'll discover how he transitioned from being an employee to running his own firm. You'll discover his formula for getting the right projects and clients, even in an economic downturn.

You'll learn about the 3 "i's" that chart the path for growing your business, and around the 16 minute mark of this episode Álvarez‐Díaz sums up 4 years of business insights and growth in 30 seconds.

Now if you enjoy today's episode, I've love it if you leave a review on iTunes. If you don't have an iPhone you can visit iTunes.com on your computer. When you leave a review, I'll recognize you on the air here to the thousands of Business of Architecture faithful.

Direct download: ep223-architecture-business-product-ricardo-alvarez-diaz.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 2:48am PDT

Today we speak with Keith Houchin of SB Architects about his top business tips including:

  • How to "wow" your clients with architectural visualization (it isn't just about the image)
  • Tips for picking the right rendering company that matches your budget
  • The project 'kickstart' process that gets everyone on the team aligned and reduces future problems
Direct download: ep222-Business-Tips-Keith-Houchin_copy.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 5:00am PDT

Discover the 3-step client attraction process to win better projects, more consistently.

In this episode of the Business of Architecture podcast, you'll hear the 2nd part of my presentation on how to become an in-demand architecture firm in 12 months, not 12 years.

The Summit is the Architect Marketing Institute's yearly event where our coaching clients get on stage and share the exact strategies and tactics they've used to grow their business over the past year.

For more information about the Summit, visit http://archmarketing.org/summit.

Direct download: ep221-Becoming-In-Demand-Architect-Part2-Enoch-Sears.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:15am PDT

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