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Millennials in the architecture workplace

Hiring Millennials Consulting For Architects, Inc. is gathering editorial information from our architecture and design colleagues between the ages of 18 to 35. Your comments will be considered and may be quoted in our 2016 white paper: Hiring Trends – Millennials in the architecture workplace Existing research on Millennials, by others claim: Seem to have shorter attention spans than
Happy Architects!

Happy architects? Today, we are. Architecture & Interior Design Careers – Why are we happy architects today? This is the best time to consider a career move in the last 30-years. Firms are exploding with projects and cannot fill their opening positions. Everyone is competing for people from the same talent pool. Engineers are in
HOK Architects

HOK Architects completes acquisition of 360 Architecture. HOK Architects is proud to announce that we have completed the acquisition of Kansas City-based 360 Architecture, a 200-person firm that is a leader in the design of sports, recreation, wellness, entertainment and mixed-use facilities. “This acquisition is further evidence of HOK’s plan for strategic growth and gives
“Where Are The Qualified Architects?”

Employers Ask. They All Got Jobs. 6 Crucial Ways to Repopulate Your Workforce Introduction Unemployment rates are still uncomfortably high across the nation, there is a misperception that architectural talent must be plentiful, but for specific experience, the exact opposite is true. The shortage is so acute that it has been associated with a rise
What are the Top 5 Reasons to Fire Your #Architect?

First… Why hire an Architect? Why Does The AIA Say You Should Hire An Architect? What do Architects do? And how can they help you? Why hire an Architect? Few people realize how complicated it is to build-that is until they find themselves lost in a maze of design options, building codes, zoning laws, contractors and
CFA Job Board Achieves Early Success

Our Job Board Achieves Early Success VISIT OUR JOB BOARD We launched our current website late last June. Since that time we have matched over 100 architects and designers with firms throughout New York and more recently Los Angeles. In addition to our standard methods of recruiting and talent coordination we have relied heavily on
Featuring Hand Sketches of Frank Gehry, FAIA

Featuring the hand sketches of Frank Gehry provides an inside look into Mr. Gehry’s architecture. “I know I draw without taking my pen off the page. I just keep going, and that my drawings I think of them as scribbles. I don’t think they mean anything to anybody except to me, and then at the
In the spirit of the Olympics

New York City architecture in 2013: The great and the not-so-great In the spirit of the Olympics, here are our three favorite projects from 2013 — plus one that didn’t stick the landing. A toast to 4 World Trade Center, Sunset Park’s new recycling center and Walker Tower, plus a hard look at Prospect Park’s new
Meet the robots reading your resume

And how to please them. When I saw this article I was excited to share it with the architects and designers that apply to Consulting for Architects! We ask for a few things to represent you, in the best light possible to our customers, including a professionally written resume and your digital portfolio. The first
Paul Aubin Author

Author Paul Aubin’s latest book: Renaissance Revit: Creating Classical Architecture with Modern Software was published this week. Paul Aubin is a well-respected author of dozens of books on Building Information Modeling using Revit and other Autodesk software. His latest book tackles a subject never before approached in the world of Revit training manuals. In this exquisite