EP 021916 July 2024 · 56 min
Changing Careers from Architecture to Development, ft. Dolunay Dogahan
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Moving from architecture into development or project management can make sense when you still care about buildings, but want to work closer to clients, budgets, strategy and delivery.
Stephen Drew speaks with Dolunay Dogahan about moving from architecture into project management, working client-side and understanding the job titles, interviews and industry knowledge needed to make that transition.
The conversation covers:
How Dolunay moved from architecture into development and project management
What project managers do on large commercial schemes
How client-side and consultancy-side roles differ
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Stephen Drew
Hello. It's Friday. My goodness. If you thought about going to a developer or working as a project management expert, then this is for you. I know. Get that notepad down. And if you're in an architecture practice, I'm not going to tell your boss. Just hide your phone. Okay. We'll go live soon.
Hello everyone. It's Friday and welcome to this live stream special. Three or four years ago. on the original Architecture Social community. There was a few of
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Stonecutter Court
A 13-storey Farringdon office and retail development with a 66% increase in net lettable area and low embodied carbon.
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A completed 25-storey City workplace with 425,000 sq ft of offices, stepped terraces and achieved BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum ratings.
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