Professional Practice 101: A Compendium of Business and Management Strategies in Architecture

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The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
This book offers architecture students and professionals a hands-on guide to the practical side of operating an architectural practice. It includes contributions from well-known architects and designers such as Charles Gwathmey, Mario Salvadori, Gene Kohn and others. It covers project management, firm organization, legal issues, marketing, risk management licensing, client and contractor relations and more. Actual situations are analyzed and interpreted in the form of helpful case studies throughout the book.

From the Back Cover
"Andy Pressman has effectively bridged the artificial gap that has developed between art, science, and professional practice in architecture. . . . This book is a crucial beginning in your search for excellence in professional practice."—From the Foreword by Richard A. Eribes, PhD, AIA

Professional practice courses often suffer from a boring reputation, but there's nothing dull about Andy Pressman's Professional Practice 101. With its unique focus on the important links between practice and...

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