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How To Thrive In The Business of Architecture

Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz shares his keys to success through entrepreneurship

Throughout two interviews with Enoch Sears, from The Business of Architecture podcast, our firm’s Principal and Co-founder, Ricardo Álvarez-Díaz shared his path to success as an entrepreneur, his celebrated business model, and other keys to success that he has picked up over the years.

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Architects, Not Starchitects

Architectural leadership for the new millennium.

As architects, we are at a crossroads.

According to a recent study from Georgetown University, architecture is currently the career path with the highest overall incidence of unemployment in the United States. This study reveals that 17.5% of recent graduates from the nation’s architectural schools are unemployed and 42% of the architectural firms in the country have either gone bankrupt or have been forced to radically alter their business models in order to survive.

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