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Publications

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Architect's Essentials of Starting, Assessing, and Transitioning a Design Firm

PETER PIVEN WITH BRAD PERKINS

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Success Strategies
for Design Professionals

PETER PIVEN WITH WELD COXE, ET AL

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Architect's Essentials
of Ownership Transition

PETER PIVEN WITH BILL MANDEL

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The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice

PETER PIVEN, EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
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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


"The New Norm"

ArchNewsNow, May, 2020


"Cultural Fit"
What is cultural fit in design firms, and how do you achieve it?
ArchNewsNow, December, 2019


"Safe Harbors"

A case study on end-game strategies
ArchNewsNow, April, 2017


"Where Are You Heading?"

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

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