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Workshop Review: Art, Identity & Growth
The Workshop Art, Identity & Growth, led by Katherine Earnhardt, explored the intersection of art, identity, and personal growth. Participants were encouraged to: Reframe their perspective on art and its relation to individual identity. Discuss personal goals, challenges, and opportunities in light of these new insights. Apply lessons from art to enhance both personal and...
Workshop Review: Financial Modeling for Real Estate Development
Want to build your understanding of real estate development deal analysis? Interested in starting your own speculative development project? This online session, led by Brick & Wonder member, Stephon Smith, covered the fundamentals of commercial real estate (CRE) financial model design. It focused on the key elements that are most often omitted from financial models, including…
Workshop Review: Financial Management for Service and Consulting Businesses
Many of the businesses that make up the built environment industry have service-based business models: architects, interior designers, engineers, accountants, publicists, strategists, brand designers, photographers, and more. Without careful financial management, service-based businesses can suffer from narrow profit margins, with projects running at breakeven or even at a loss, reducing the possibility for growth. Only…
Workshop Review: Newlab – A Public Affairs Case Study
Following a Brick & Wonder Site Tour of Newlab in the Brooklyn Navy Yards in February 2024, we decided to share a Public Affairs Case Study of the Newlab development project. Public Affairs and Partnerships are often overlooked aspects of taking a real estate development project from concept to commissioned building. While the designers toil away in schematics…
Workshop Review: Branding the Built Environment
Brand is as essential as it can seem ephemeral. How do we define it, craft it, and drive its visibility in a noisy and competitive landscape? Brand strategy matters to businesses – and to buildings – and there isn’t a fixed formula for making it work. In this March 2024 workshop, Alexandra Thom, Executive Creative Director at Revolver, walked through…
Workshop Review: Cultural Projects
Cultural spaces hold a special place in our hearts, and for good reason: they are spaces devoted entirely to the joy of human expression and creation. They are also spaces to which access is largely democratic. Though great architecture can create exceptional private homes, luxury condo developments, cutting-edge office buildings, and even exceptional infrastructure, museums and…
Workshop Review: How to Transition Your Company on Your Terms
On July 6th 2023, we hosted Brick & Wonder members for an online Workshop focused on business transition planning, exploring the ins and outs of transitioning a company on your own terms. 100 percent of business owners will leave their company one day! But few are prepared. When you’re ready to sell, the company may…