Ready to strengthen your architecture business foundation?
Ignite Your Architectural Practice | Training for Your Architectural Designers & Interns
A training program designed to help your entry-level staff become reliable, competent designers.
You don’t have to replace your entire business foundation to have a team that delivers high-quality, timely projects.
Led by
Daphne Romani
With this customizable & evergreen training, your business will:
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Free up time of senior staff and project managers by reducing redundant work due to errors & mistakes of more junior staff – reinvest time gained toward Quality Check reviews.
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Gain a standardized repeatable program to bring new staff and entry-level employees up-to-speed with the practice.
Help your architectural designers acquire & master the foundatinal skills that they lack.
Ready to build a stronger business?
Shortage of skilled staff in key positions is plaguing our industry…
How would you like to prepare your Architectural Interns AND Designers for the day they will need to take on critical tasks and higher responsibilities?
When junior staff end up leading projects, your business could very well experience slipping of deadlines, errors, omissions, mistakes, bad design, improper management of projects, increased construction costs, and even very serious health and safety risks.
Don’t let this happen…
The Rchitected training program will expedite growth, skill increase, and engagement.
You can expect improved project delivery AND mitigated redlining quality control process.
When your staff goes through the IGNITE program, you also allow your management staff to reinvest the time gained into critical tasks, necessary to deliver high quality design that are well coordinated and detailed throughout.
Are you ready to gain the skilled employees that will make your company more valuable to any client?
You don’t have to worry about spending valuable time training your staff, because we’ve got you covered.
With Rchitected’s IGNITE training your staff can expect:
To dive deep into project phasing, scheduling, and deliverables.
To learn how to coordinate all of the disciplines with the architectural design.
To acquire the foundational reading key to decipher the Building Code.
To get guidance on how to read and understand civil, structural and MEP drawings.
To learn how to coordinate all of the disciplines with the architectural design.
To live guidance with a mentor to help them get the most out of the materials!
Save yourself possible liabilities and huge costs
associated with hiring new employees.
Implement practical, proven systems with your current employees.
Meet The Architect & Mentor
Hi, my name is Daphne Romani and I am a licensed architect with over 25 years of experience.
The bulk of my professional background covered custom residential design in the Santa Barbara area and later on expanded into commercial and multi-family design.
I currently reside in Idaho where I practice and, most recently, I have shifted my focus on early-career training, closing the gap between Architectural school and practice.
Having navigated the field and having risen through the ranks myself, I know first hand how challenging the path can be.
It is my desire to help others smooth their path ahead and provide support to those that are seeking help and mentorship.
I have identified 7 areas that Architectural Interns and Designers can focus on to ensure timely project delivery without the pains of redundant work.
If you’ve been wanting to feel more confident that your employees can complete a project without MICROMANAGEMENT and massive OVERSIGHT, this is exactly where to start!
You will find your employees benefit and appreciate the ability to learn foundational skills that make them more CONFIDENT and AUTONOMOUS.
One-on-one mentoring time with me will ensure your staff are integrating the skills they learn from the lectures.
Enroll your company now to benefit from an experienced architect training program.
Invest in the future of your business.
Course Syllabus
LIVE Intro - Leverage what is "Within your Control" w/ Q&A
This lecture will provide the basic overview of Architectural practice, career paths and what to expect at its inception.
At the end of this lecture, participants will know where it is best to focus growth efforts toward.
They will know what is within their control and how to leverage it to forge a successful career.
LIVE Lecture 1 - Project Phasing w/ Q&A
At the end of this Lecture, your team will:
- Become familiar with the overall Project Life-Cycle.
- Be able to identify the percentages of phases as they relate to budget & schedule.
- Have a basic idea of what is expected at each deadline, depending on the phase.
- Know how to obtain clarifying information from your team leaders.
LIVE Lecture 2 - Design to Drawings w/ Q&A
At the end of this Lecture, your team will:
- Be familiar with the different graphic requirements between project phases.
- Know how to layer the work from phase to phase.
- Learn handy geometric and drafting tricks to circumvent buggy software.
- Know how to successfully set up Revit (BIM) models from the early stages.
- Know what is essential to have in successful, high quality production drawings, through each phase.
LIVE Lecture 3 - Basics of Code Analysis w/ Q&A
At the end of this Lecture, your team will:
- Know how to find out what codes have been adopted in your jurisdiction.
- Know where to find the information you need to evaluate your design and project.
- Know how to find anything in the code.
- Know how to apply the codes to your circumstances.
- Know how to document all the findings for your record and how to apply to construction documents.
LIVE Lectures 4 - Consultant’s Civil & Structural drawings w/ Q&A
At the end of this lecture, your team will:
- Know what Civil and Structural plans are all about.
- Know how to read the plans from each of the two disciplines.
- Know how to find the information you need to assist in the overall coordination of all disciplines.
- Know what information is critical in the coordination efforts.
LIVE Lectures 5 - Consultant’s MEP drawings w/ Q&A
At the end of this lecture, your team will:
- Know what Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing plans are all about.
- Know how to read the plans from each of the disciplines.
- Know how to find the information you need to assist in the overall coordination of all disciplines.
- Know what information is critical in your coordination efforts.
LIVE Lecture 6 - Project Success w/ Q&A
At the end of this lecture, your team will:
- Know how to identify whether a project was set-up for success.
- Know what a solid framework looks like.
- Know what terms have been set for any given project.
- Know how to embrace the quality control process throughout the project.
- Know how to adapt within the framework.
LIVE BONUS Lecture 7 - Zoning Research & Permitting w/ Q&A
At the end of this lecture, your team will know how to look up zoning regulations anywhere in the U.S. and how to draft up a zoning summary report.
Your team will discover how to...
Create high quality designs from the early concepts through the construction drawings.
Catch code oversights and comply with code requirements.
Take more ownership and initiative by understanding the full project lifecycle.
Effectively contribute to the success of a project.
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What We Offer
Expert-led learning
Live course / Mentoring
7 LIVE lectures
1 bonus lecture
4 x 30-minute private mentoring sessions
Access to session recordings
Bulk purchase prices available (get in touch below)
Self-paced learning with Q&A + Mentoring
Pre-recorded course / mentoring
7 recorded lectures with scheduled Q&As
1 bonus lecture with scheduled Q&A
Access to me for individual support
Bulk purchase prices available (get in touch below)
Self-paced learning w/out Q&A + Mentoring
Pre-recorded course
7 recorded lectures
1 bonus lecture
Bulk purchase prices available (get in touch below)
Sign up for the live training and if, for any reason, you or your team don’t like it within the first 2 weeks, I will refund you immediately.
For questions about anything, including bulk purchase pricing, demos, and customization inquiries.
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This course is designed to be...
Holistic
My program blends knowledge and skill-sharing with personal mentoring and feedback.
Evergreen
Unlike most training out there, my program focuses on core skills of the practice that do not change overnight.
Customizable
My program is flexible enough to be tailored to meet your exact needs and your busy work schedule.
“She works with you step‐by‐step through a process giving both the questions and answers to ponder for a more thorough understanding of architecture as well as inspiring you to have the desire to get it done right.“
“Her motivation is to mentor so that we can be successful in our field when we first graduate from school and have very little professional experience. I appreciate that there is no judgement, and an open mindedness that there are many ways to solve problems.”
You might be asking & telling yourself…
Who is this course for?
This course is for Architectural Interns or Designers to help them:
- Reduce their reliance on seniors to fulfill their tasks successfully by mastering key skills.
- Deepen their understanding of and gain more clarity around the overall practice.
- Gain direct access to knowledge and skills not easily or ever gained on the job.
- Master foundational skills useful ahead of taking on project managers roles and beyond.
- Complete assigned tasks and responsibilities that are well above their knowledge level and experience.
It is not an accredited program.
There’s no other program that addresses these skills, accredited or not.
Colleges offer accredited degrees and yet people coming out of those programs still require training in specific areas of real world practice.
We do not have the budget for it.
Consider it a one-time investment into a program that can be turned into an evergreen onboarding program.
The program focuses on foundational skills of the practice that do not change overnight unlike courses focused on constantly changing tools.
> I also offer special prices for bulk purchases. I am open for a no-commitment call with you to discuss options. Here’s my calendar. Or simply send me an email to daphne@rchitected.com and we’ll take it from there.
We do not need it, on the job experience is all that is needed.
Given the current work load and project schedules, does your staff really have the time (and even the patience) to train staff as the projects progress without jeopardizing the delivery and schedule for those projects?
Is there a way for the upper management to verify that training is taking place at every step?
Is the program customizable? Our team already knows most of it, except maybe for one or two subjects.
For best outcome, the content of the course is designed to build on each preceding lecture. However, each lecture can be purchased individually, depending on individual’s need.
Use one of the communication method mentioned above or simply send me an email to daphne@rchitected.com and we’ll take it from there.
We do not need it, all of our staff comes from accredited architectural university programs.
Have you observed that there is a bit of a gap between what college graduates know about the practice, their expectations and the reality of the “job description” for the roles they have been hired for?
The gap is real and it is not serving anyone, most often causing frustrations on both sides (for firms and staff).
We do not have time for it.
The program can be tailored to work around your busy hours.
I offer replays or pre-recording sessions if live schedule is not convenient.
Additionally flexible 1:1 mentoring sessions can be scheduled according to needs.
I am open for a no-commitment call with you to discuss options. Here’s my calendar. Or simply send me an email to daphne@rchitected.com and we’ll take it from there.
Save yourself and your team years of experimenting on the job.