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This book is an easily digestible guide to the management and practice knowledge needed to establish and run an architectural practice. It is of particular interest to those starting out in the profession and to students, whilst also being useful to architects more widely who need succinct information to assist them in the daily management of their work. The book sits beside the Architect’s Legal Pocket Book providing legal information and the Architect’s Pocket Book providing guidance in design. It covers all the main management and practice topics relevant to the running of an architectural business including setting up the company, the profession, project management, fees, office management, financial management and teamwork. It also looks at the state of the construction industry and the architectural profession today, new forms of practice, and how the profession is changing. The book is interweaved with pearls of wisdom and experience and reflections from architects, bringing the topics to life and aiding the reader’s understanding.
An architect’s core competency is designing buildings, but in order to get their designs built and to run a practice they also need to be competent in management. There is much knowl¬edge to acquire and many skills to learn to manage a project and a practice. The author intends that readers should become competent in the management aspect of their profession and even enjoy it.
This book is written as an easily digestible, ‘user-friendly’ guide to setting up and running an architectural practice and archi¬tectural projects in the United Kingdom. As such, it covers all the primary aspects of practice management and project delivery, leaving design, and the design process, to many other sources. It is based on the knowledge and experience of the author reinforced by input from various specialists.
It is intended to be of particular interest to those starting out in practice and to students, whilst also being useful to all those architects who need succinct information and guidance to assist them in the daily management of their work. It therefore includes useful information in an easily accessible format to assist architects with the daily management of their work and to give advice based on experience where possible.
The reader should note that much of the information from external sources mentioned in the text changes regularly, notably regulations and company and product information, but also other government and commercial information and guidance. The reader should always check the original source information to confirm it. References to books and other sources are offered throughout the text which will assist the reader where further information and guidance are required. The legal background to liability, company forms and other aspects of architects’ work is not explained here as it can be found in other texts referred to in the bibliography.
This Architect’s Pocket Book of Modern Management and Practice sits alongside the Architect’s Legal Pocket Book [1] and the Building Regulations Pocket Book [2] to which reference is made throughout the text.