Starting a Practice

Running your own practice can bringimmense job satisfaction, but it is not without its risks. Do you have all theinformation at hand to set up confidently on your own?

Comprehensive, accessible and easy touse, Starting a Practice helps architects navigate the pitfallsassociated with establishing a successful business.

This fully updated 3rdedition is mapped to the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 and approaches starting abusiness as if it were a design project, complete with briefing, sketching layoutsand delivery. It features new material on professionalism and ethics,sustainable development and achieving a net-zero carbon emission builtenvironment.

Invaluable for Part 3 students, earlypractitioners and those considering setting up from scratch or wanting toconsolidate an existing business, Starting a Practice gives architectsthe tools they need to thrive when setting out alone.

Features essential guidance on:

• Preparing a business plan

• Choosing the right company structure

• Setting aspirations

• Monitoring finances

• Getting noticed

• Securing work

• Retaining and developing staff

• Planning for disaster.