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The Sounds Like Design blog began in 2016 and since then we’ve covered business development and marketing topics, important policy and regulatory issues that affect the profession, and we’ve featured guest posts from several influential architects.
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La Biennale di Venezia 2023: reflections from two seasoned travellers
This is a guest post by Michael Pilkington with photography by Susan Phillips, of Phillips/Pilkington Architects in Adelaide, who have generously shared their experiences of 2023 Venice Architeture Biennale.
Tendering: Your new secret weapon
A guest blog post by Alicia Brown, director of architecture marketing consultancy New Doors. She outlines the company’s recently established dedicated tendering arm, which puts professional tender support within reach of practices of any scale.
Employer/employee negotiations: a new way to overcome unpleasantness
Guest blogger Jennekin Dicks outlines a new approach to employer/employee negotiations in architecture practices, based on her experiences as an architect and management consultant to architecture clients.
To BIM or not to BIM; that is the question
Architect Clinton Cole believes that Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools – which measure and reduce embodied energy impacts during the design phase – should be integrated into all design and construction project types, over a certain value threshold. New legislation in New South Wales may usher in these reforms. This article explains the benefits in relation to climate emergency and embodied carbon.