Hello there. Welcome to the new resource page designed specifically with you in mind. Grab some coffee, or tea, or sparkling water. Pull up a chair and delve into some accessible and relevant research that you can use not only to improve your practice, but to also help educate your clients. Enjoy the thoughts, suggestions, ideas proposed by a panel of experts. Like John “Jack” MacAllister, FAIA and his Top Ten Lessons. Basically, this spot was created so you would have a place for those basic and most pesky of quandaries: How to talk to clients. How to explain Compensation. What is your worth and why? Why it’s important to pay attention to all the energy and resource-efficient talk. Some of these sheets will be more applicable than others for various situations. We invite you to use them as templates and tweak to your firm’s needs.
The Architect and the Entitlement Process
The Architect and Real Estate Development
A Wise Architect Talks About Clients Relationships, Part 1
Architect and Builder 1: Architect and Contractor
Construction Documents 2: Beyond Completion
Construction Documents 1: What They’re For and Who Owns Them
Being a Successful Client: Aligning Expectations
Being a Successful Client: Bringing Vision and Knowledge to the Table
An Emerging Model: Integrated Project Delivery
Project Delivery: An Introduction
Project Delivery: Traditional Methods
Educating Your Architect
Before Design Begins
Services: Additional Services
Services: Typical Project Services
Architect Selection: Qualifications Based
Architect Selection: Typical Processes
Compensating Your Architect- Fee Structures
Finding the Right Architect
Why Hire an Architect?
Why Hire You?
Water and Value-Save and Celebrate
Top Ten Lessons for Architects from Sixty Years of Practice
Explaining Project Delivery
Explaining Compensation
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New in 2023. In addition to the 5 hours of learning in disability access, all California architects are now required to receive 5 hours of learning in Zero Net Carbon Design (ZNCD). To help meet these additional mandatory continuing education licensure requirements, AIA California is offering a variety of on-demand ZNCD courses through our partner aecKnowledge. These courses are presented free of charge as part of AIA California’s mission of helping design professionals reduce our carbon footprint. Click here to proceed to these on-demand courses.