The ‘working for free’ culture is rampant in architecture, it is inbuilt when you are studying, where you are criticised and constantly changing your work to ‘fit’, spending long hours or nights befor...

Every few months there seems to be an article in one of the more popular architecture magazines about how great working for free is a road to making money. As more and more students leave university w...

The Building Safety Act identified areas within the construction process that were lacking in clarity or transparency and of course the ‘who is to blame’ when things go wrong. A lot of changes have be...

What did the Building Safety group expect, that everyone just gets on board without thinking about consequences of budget or time? There is always going to be a time limit to when the changes will beg...

PD accreditation is only for RIBA chartered members. Why? You'd think an institution like RIBA, supposedly the gold standard of architecture, would appreciate that this is already part of an architect...

I posted about this in November Posted by: @jbarch You'd think an institution like RIBA, supposedly the gold standard of architecture, would appreciate that this is already part of an architect’s r...

This is a great piece about how the RIBA are getting it wrong. They are all about making more money, not actually helping architects to thrive. @jbarch as you mentioned above, the larger practices wil...

Long post incoming, but thought I'd make things easier for those who were struggling with this (not sure if it helps Jane) I agree 100% with @ascott about keeping a time log. I did it to see if I was...

Hello @jane, Without having any specific knowledge of your situation, my guess is that there is some issue with allocation of time slots. One thing that's useful (if you have never done it) is to ke...

Saying no is not that easy, I found it a struggle personally but have improved in this area. More importantly, it also depends on what stage of ‘established’ you are, when you start out and need work,...

I have found that the ability to say NO is the best time management technique you'll ever have.

Happy new year @jane I know how you feel about working all day and still having so much to do. My problem was that I used to spend a lot of time on the phone with clients and the day was over even b...

Is it just me or is Thomas Heatherwick everywhere at the moment. I can’t pick up a magazine without seeing that smug face of his talking about how ‘boring’ architecture is! Who made him the voice ...

Posted by: @nazart Is it just me or is Thomas Heatherwick everywhere at the moment. It’s not just you, he was even on the BBC. The best way to become part of the news and stay in the limelight is ...

Posted by: @nazart Is it just me or is Thomas Heatherwick everywhere at the moment. I can’t pick up a magazine without seeing that smug face of his talking about how ‘boring’ architecture is! Who...