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Professional Practice 101: A Compendium of Business and Management Strategies in Architecture

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Andy Pressman is an expert on professional practice. As a former student, (I hope this doesn't taint anyone else's opinion,) I have had the opportunity of learning from a man that is part of the spearhead to change the education of architects and bring integrity back to an area that seems, in some circles, to have been forgotten: client relations. Written more towards the student, this book brings to light what it is to be a design professional. Also checkout Architecture 101, a more general approach to becoming a designer in the professional world.

And yes that is my real name!

As a senior architecture student, I find this book very uninteresting. There are chapters that have 55 pages, then the next would have 12 pages. Most of all, they are boring case studies.
I am doing well in class but not because of this 'required' book.

If I could get $5 for this book when I resell it eventually, I'd be happy.

As a new sole proprietor, I found this book to be essentially worthless. It is weighty, condescending, and lacks practical knowledge. I was looking for concise advise that could be applied to running a successful business in the new service economy, what I found was a "compendium" of old world ideas.

Read the book "Blur" instead.