Context & Clarity for Small Firm Architects

It's the Labor Day Holiday in the United States and we're taking the day off, but I wanted to give you a rundown of what's coming up. This week, we'll talk to Julie Brown about relationships and networking. Next week, we'll talk to Bryon McCartney about SEO, search engine optimization for architects' websites. The week after, we'll talk to Zach Brown about risk management for architects. And, we'll round out the month of September with Mr. Smart Passive Income himself, Pat Flynn.

I feel like I’ve gotten to know a number of people over the past 18 months that I’d call friends and that I could count on, even though for some of you, I’ve never seen your face, and for most of you, we’ve never met in person. So every couple of weeks, we celebrate a member of our community. We call it our Member Spotlight, and this week, Jake Flitton will join Katharine and me. Join us for a loose and lively conversation as we see our friends and get to know them a little bit better.

James Petty wrote the book, "Architect & Developer: A Guide to Self-Initiating Projects." Today, we'll talk with James about his journey to becoming both architect and developer, what he learned along the way, and how he recommends architects think about and approach the expanded role of architect as developer.

If you're inspired by the idea of being both the architect and the developer... If you're excited about the increased impact you can have, the additional control you could have over outcomes, maybe just the additional money you could make... What's holding you back?

Making the leap from architect to architect as developer may seem intimidating, so what are some simple steps that you could take in that direction? What are some smaller ways that you could add more value and extract more value from a project that don't require you to take on the full mantel of architect and developer?

How can we make architects and architecture more accessible to more people?That's where we'll start our conversation on today’s Context & Clarity LIVE.Katharine White MacPhail and I will welcome Emily Mottram, Founder of Mottram Architecture, Host of the E3 podcast, and a Co-Host of the BS + Beer show, to Context & Clarity LIVE.Join the conversation today as we talk to Emily about BS + Beer and how she and the Brew Crew set out to engage, educate, and serve a broader audience.Share your experience, and advice, and bring your questions to the conversation today at 4:00 pm ET on Facebook in the EntreArchitect Community Facebook Group, on Jeff’s LinkedIn profile, the EntreArchitect YouTube channel, or the EntreArchitect Twitch stream.We’ll also preview the conversation in our 30-Minute Coffee Talk inside the Context & Clarity Club on the Clubhouse App this morning at 9am ET.

If you were an architect and a developer, what would you develop? A common response might be a single family home, but there are lots of models and examples out there. I've seen everything from flipping apartments to developing, city-block scale, mixed-use projects. So what would you do?

Do building codes need to be overhauled? If building codes have the greatest impact on the greatest number of people across the spectrum of projects, in other words, if building codes are where pretty much everyone is impacted by architecture, what’s the architect’s role in the life of codes?

Emily Mottram and The Brew Crew wanted to take building science to the masses, so they launched the BS + Beer show. I want to know how successful they've been in engaging the public and what they've learned about taking a technical topic to the general public. Can what they've accomplished and learned be applied in other areas to make architects and architecture more accessible to more people?

How do you get homeowners interested in building science? It's about education, but not necessarily educating them on the technical aspects of building science. We need to help homeowners understand the benefits and results of incorporating the best building science into the design and construction of their home. What are they going to get out of it in terms and that are tangible and meaningful to them?