Time Management for Architects and Designers [Paperback]

Thorbjoern Mann (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2003

For those who are tired of all-nighters, missed deadlines, and playing catch-up, help is at hand.

Time Management for Architects and Designers addresses the special time-management issues that confront those whose success depends on the skillful, creative, and effective use of their time. It offers students and professionals guidance in recognizing and understanding their problems and developing effective strategies for overcoming them. Illustrated with lighthearted drawings, it includes exercises aimed at exploring each designer’s own unique situation and reinforcing good practice, a host of remedies for bad habits, and a personal time-management implementation plan that will help in getting every job done on time. 120 drawings

Editorial Reviews

Review

The first chapter is entitled 'Do you have time to read this book?'  I did, and would now like to answer for design students and young professionals--make the time.  'Getting started' is one of the biggest time management difficulties.  Get started--check out this book. (David Stembel - Space and Culture )

About the Author

Thorbjoern Mann was trained at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and received his master’s and Ph.D. in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley. The author of Building Economics for Architects and articles on design methodology, theory, and education, he is professor emeritus at the School of Architecture, Florida A&M University, where he helped several generations of students manage their time better.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (November 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393731332
• ISBN-13: 978-0393731330
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #692,824 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for design students and professionals, March 8, 2004

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Enn Ots (Tallahassee, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Management for Architects and Designers (Paperback)

An extremely lucid and entertaining manual on a subject that can be tedious. Humorously illustrated by the author, it includes a good summary of pitfalls in the design process. This book can go a long towards meeting design deadlines, while still having a life outside the design studio.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 10 stars, December 16, 2008

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Pearl Gates "pearlygates" (rhode island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Management for Architects and Designers (Paperback)

This is a GREAT book-- if you are an architect or just ADD this is terrific tool-- the exercises are difficult, but worth doing, and his descriptions of the difference between "tame" and "wicked" problems--and how to approach each, is very helpful--I wish I had read it as I struggled through graduate school doing all-nighters and never having finished products.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars For students, April 30, 2011

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Joseph R. Sullivan "Student" (Dallas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time Management for Architects and Designers (Paperback)

If I were a student still in architecture school this book may have been useful. However, to a professional this book has little to offer.