When I was in graduate school, my plan was to create a vertically integrated design and development company. I loved designing things and wanted to remain close to those sorts of details, but I had already decided that I wasn’t going to be an architect… Read More
I first learned about the work of Jonathan Segal back when I was in architecture school. And he was somebody I immediately admired. At the time, I was struggling to figure out where I wanted to position myself between architecture and real estate development, and… Read More
A reader recently shared with me an interesting article from Crain’s New York (2013) profiling three “architects as developers.” The three firms are DDG Partners (which I’ve mentioned before here on ATC), FLAnk, and Alloy. I’ve written a lot about these emerging business models and… Read More
Last week I provided a few suggestions for how architects might be able to transition over to real estate development. And I ended by saying that I loved architecture school, but that it could use a few more business and entrepreneurship classes. Today, I’d liked… Read More
BRANDON DONNELLY 