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, experience and reflections from architects, bringing the topics to life and aiding the reader’s understanding.
Part 1: Introduction to the construction industry and the architectural profession
1. Introduction
2. The Construction Industry
3. The Architectural Profession
4. Setting up a practice
5. Marketing and Business Development
6. People management
7. Finances
8. Environmental sustainability
9. Project delivery
10. Planning
11. Building Control and CDM
12. Building contracts
13. Quality Assurance
14. Computing
Biography
Ben Vickery is an architect with more than thirty-five years’ experience in architecture as a practice principal and as a designer and manager of projects, including high-profile major buildings in England and around the world. He runs his own practice, Vickery Hyett sports architecture, alongside which he teaches management at the University of Hertfordshire school of architecture.
