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UK Architects Practices increase but sizes shift – RIBA

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In September of 2009 there were 4.9% more RIBA Chartered Practices than at the same time in 2008, according to RIBA Director of Practice Adrian Dobson. Figures released by the RIBA show a change in distribution of practice size which has penalised one man bands and larger firms in favour of small and ‘micro’ firms [...]

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Tweet To Woo – over to you

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Last March I was approached by the RIBA Journal and asked if I would write a short article about Twitter for their practice pages. Of course I accepted and you can read the article about Twitter and Architects in the May edition of the RIBA Journal. I’m not responsible for the corny title and subtitles [...]

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76% of Architects Practices are fewer than 10 people

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Here is a breakdown of the size of RIBA Chartered architects practices by size (no. of employees). It shows that over three quarters of the 2800 chartered architects practices in the UK have fewer than 10 staff, and more than half have fewer than five. Why is this important? Firstly it is interesting to consider [...]

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RIBA President Ruth Reed in Chelmsford

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On Wednesday the new, first woman president of the Royal Institute of British Architects continued her tour of the East of England with a stop off in Chelmsford to see the new Salvation Army Citadel and to meet local architects and architecture students from Anglia Ruskin University. Working for a Chelmsford architect myself I was [...]

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Why Take your Network Online – PDF Download

As promised, here is a pdf version of the presentation I gave to the RIBA Stakeholder Forum last week. Download the file (1MB) by clicking the pdf logo. You are welcome to share this pdf as you wish as long as you keep it in its entire state – this enables me to comply with [...]

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Architects: Why Take Your Network Online?

Here is the presentation I gave to the RIBA Stakeholder Forum yesterday. Why take your Network Online? View more presentations from Barefoot & Gilles. If you click this link you can view direct in the Slideshare site, and read the presentation notes (there is a tab – “Notes on Slide 1″ under the presentation). All [...]

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Staking a Claim for Web 2.0

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I’m delighted to be taking part in the RIBA Practice Stakeholder’s Forum next Tuesday 27 October at the RIBA in London, and I’m doubly pleased that the event is going to feature online technologies. The Stakeholders Forum is an annual event that the RIBA arranges to thank all the people who serve on their committees [...]

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What Should I Talk to the RIBA About?

I’ve been agonizing about something, and as it is something about the social networking world, I thought I should ask the wonderful people in my network to help me decide on it. So here it is. I’ve been asked to do a 15 minute presentation about ‘professional networking’ at an RIBA event in October. I’ve [...]

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What’s wrong with the RIBA Clients Advisory Service?

One of the least known but best ways of finding an architects practice in the UK is to use the Royal Institute of British Architects’ Clients Advisory Service. In particular I often recommend their online database of chartered architects practices to homeowners who want to find a suitable architect. You could easily pop in your [...]

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