Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's Holmes House. It was built by Jackson and Evelyn Holmes in 1941. In 2021, it became LA County Historic Landmark #8. What made this house so special was not that it was gigantic, ostentatious, or glamorous, but that it was built for a middle-class family interested in the power of good design.

In the architectural profession, some argue, financial management often takes a backseat to creative pursuits, leaving firms vulnerable to cash flow challenges and unsustainable business practices. Concerns about profitability, rising costs, and the perceived value of the profession persist, not least in Archinect's recent business survey results.  In this article, we take the conversation about the architect's cash flow back to its roots: fees. With the help of Enoch Sears, founder of the Business of Architecture platform, we explore five common ways architects charge fees for design services, alongside five tips on how architects can charge fees effectively while maintaining profitability, client trust, and sustainable workplace culture for managers and employees.

Through storytelling and cutting-edge technology, the creative company Squint/Opera (formally a Journey studio since 2022) envisions a world where media architecture enriches urban life and reshapes how we interact with the built environment. From immersive experiences at the Empire State Building in New York or Sphere in Las Vegas to future-facing projects in augmented reality, the work of the London-based studio opens new gateways not only for our perception and experience of physical reality but for the mission and composition of contemporary design practices. In the latest edition of Archinect In-Depth: Visualization, Archinect's Niall Patrick Walsh spoke with Managing Director Matt Quinn about the studio's work and what it says about the future of physical and digital space.

In 2022, two decades after their founding, creative agency Squint/Opera joined forces with fellow studios ICRAVE, 59, and VMI Studio under the banner of Journey, a "superpowered organization" bridging physical and digital design. Long before the merger, Squint/Opera had envisioned a world where media architecture would enrich urban life and reshape how we interact with the built environment. Today, under Journey, the studio continues to open new gateways not only for our perception and experience of physical reality but for the mission and composition of contemporary design practices. In the latest edition of Archinect In-Depth: Visualization, Archinect's Niall Patrick Walsh spoke with Journey Managing Director Matt Quinn, who had worked at Squint/Opera since 2019, about the studio's work and what it says about the future of physical and digital space.