Publications
Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing, and Transitioning a Design Firm
PETER PIVEN WITH BRAD PERKINS
Success Strategies
for Design Professionals
PETER PIVEN WITH WELD COXE, ET AL
Architect's Essentials
of Ownership Transition
PETER PIVEN WITH BILL MANDEL
The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice
PETER PIVEN, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Architect's Essentials of Starting a Design Firm
PETER PIVEN WITH BRAD PERKINS
Articles by Peter Piven
2000's
"The New Norm, Part Two: Finances"
ArchNewsNow, June, 2020
ArchNewsNow, May, 2020
"Cultural Fit"
What is cultural fit in design firms, and how do you achieve it?
ArchNewsNow, December, 2019
A case study on end-game strategies
ArchNewsNow, April, 2017
An Article on Scenario Planning, January, 2013
"Adapt or Atrophy"
Design Intelligence, October, 2011
"Survival-Mode Leadership"
Design Intelligence, June, 2010
"Positioning for the Turnaround: a report on the effect of the current economy and what to do about it"
Whitehorn Financial Newsletter, May, 2009
"Success and Succession: Ensuring a
Firm's Afterlife"
Columns, AIA Pittsburgh newsletter, March 2000
1990's
"Firm Valuation: Determination, Exceptions
and Management Implications"
Design Intelligence, November, 1997
"Transferring Ownership Effectively: Additional Thoughts on Responsibilities and Expectations"
Design Intelligence, January, 1997
"Increasing Your Project Team's Effectiveness"
Design Intelligence, June 1996
"Successful Ownership Starts with Active Leadership"
Design Intelligence, June, 1995
"Total TQM"
(with Thomas Kvan and Dr. Gregory Shea)
The Coxe Group, September, 1992
"Effective Business Planning"
Messages, the Society of Environmental Graphic Design newsletter, Summer, 1992
"Pricing Services"
Architectural Record, September, 1991
"A Stitch in Time: What to do when your financial statements look like these"
Architectural Record, January, 1991
"The Future of Architecture: Education and Practice"
Pennsylvania Architect, Summer, 1990
1980's
"Processes for Delivering Projects to Clients"
Architecture, June 1989
"Charting Your Course: Master Strategies for Organizing and Managing Architecture Firms"
(with Weld Coxe, Nina Hartung, Hugh Hochberg, Brian Lewis, David Maister and Robert Mattox)
Technology, May/June 1986
1970's
"Financial Management"
Current Techniques in Architectural Practice
The American Institute of Architects, 1976
"A User's View of Computer-Based Financial Management"
AIA Journal, July, 1973
"Time - A Building Systems Benefit"
Building Research, July/December 1970