EP 021121 May 2024 · 58 min
Oliver Lowrie’s Top 10 LESSONS LEARNED made while setting up an Architecture Practice
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Setting up an architecture practice is rarely the clean founder story people imagine. It is fees, cash flow, recruitment, content, client education, mistakes and learning where the pressure really sits.
Stephen Drew speaks with Oliver Lowrie, co-founder of Ackroyd Lowrie, about the top lessons learned from building an architecture practice and what others should understand before trying to do the same.
The conversation covers:
Why content, relationships and a wider business ecosystem matter
How fee pressure and unpaid overtime damage practice culture
Why client education is part of running a healthier studio
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Stephen Drew
Hello, everyone. Get ready. We're going to learn some lessons. Now, this isn't boring school. We're going to actually do stuff which you can apply to your business. Or if you're thinking of setting one up, maybe we save you a lot of time, stress, and money. Not lessons from me, someone has actually done it.
That'll help, won't it? 20 seconds.
Ackroyd Lowrie projects
The work behind the conversation.
Bermondsey, London
Bombay Street
A 24-home mixed-use regeneration that also reworks neighbouring railway arches and adds a community garden.
View project →Chichester, United Kingdom
Boxgrove Lanes
More than 70 homes and 2,000 m² of retail organised around landscaped courtyards and a lake.
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