Rconce01 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Just wanted some general feedback from other us workers. For those of you that work in the architecture field, is it just me or is there no work to go around. I work in the residential market sector and I have never seen it this slow, how are other market sectors doing? Is there plenty of 3d work going around? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten42 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Move to Calgary......things are freaking stupid busy here in both residential and commercial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kainoa Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 So is Hawaii, too much work - especially residential, commercial, hospitality. Our problem right now is staffing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmondlu Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Healthcare and Commercial in the mid-west are steady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 As you may have heard, there's been a housing "bubble" burst. I'm not surprised there's been a slowdown in Florida new residential work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rconce01 Posted May 24, 2007 Author Share Posted May 24, 2007 So is Hawaii, too much work - especially residential, commercial, hospitality. Our problem right now is staffing. calgary is kind of far from miami dude! Hugh thats intersting things ar going good in hawaii. Whats the going rate there for an architecture position with 4 yrs exp. residential / cruise industry and plenty of 3d and multimedia skills? This seems tempting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Healthcare and Commercial in the mid-west are steady. cheers to that one.... I work in a firm that does 99% healthcare, I believe our current backlog of work is a year and a half. to agree with your point though.. a college buddy of mine was working in the residential side of architecture for the last three years, and due to poor home sales in the last year he was let go from his position heading the cad dept at a very large home builder. Needless to say I got him an interview that week at our company which resulted in his new employment in the world of healthcare. so is the market slow??? for residential possibly....but overalll, not necessarily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty T Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Yeah have been in the timberframe industry since last October and good golly I never imagined the customer base out there for a custom built home. Some mad money floating around out there. It seems everyone and there brother has a TF buisness and no one is complaining much about the lack of work. Good thing for me is the need for renderings cause pep thats is dropping a million or two love the fact they can see it before ground breaks. Keeping my figures crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rotten42 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 cheers to that one.... I work in a firm that does 99% healthcare, I believe our current backlog of work is a year and a half. to agree with your point though.. a college buddy of mine was working in the residential side of architecture for the last three years, and due to poor home sales in the last year he was let go from his position heading the cad dept at a very large home builder. Needless to say I got him an interview that week at our company which resulted in his new employment in the world of healthcare. so is the market slow??? for residential possibly....but overalll, not necessarily. werd...for Healthcare. That's where all the money is going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 I also work for a firm that does healthcare primarily (maybe 70%) and buisness is better than it's ever been for us. We have about 130 people on staff total and we have recently hired our 3rd full time 3d person and are constantly looking for architects and drafters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 werd...for Healthcare. That's where all the money is going. people are always getting sick and with a steady growing world population, that means a growing number of people getting sick, which translates into a steady need to renovate, expand, and build new healthcare facilities..... I wouldn't say that's where the money is, but it's where a steady demand is which translates into a steady profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richmondlu Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Anyone hiring in the health care business? looking for a change in scenery maybe:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Cassil Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 people are always getting sick and with a steady growing world population, that means a growing number of people getting sick, which translates into a steady need to renovate, expand, and build new healthcare facilities..... I wouldn't say that's where the money is, but it's where a steady demand is which translates into a steady profit. I think it has more to do with the population getting older rather than larger. Birth rates are declining but the baby boom population is getting older and older people have more health care needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rconce01 Posted June 12, 2007 Author Share Posted June 12, 2007 that is very interesting i never thougght of it that way before. Gotta get out of this residential business then. I think it has more to do with the population getting older rather than larger. Birth rates are declining but the baby boom population is getting older and older people have more health care needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Move to Calgary......things are freaking stupid busy here in both residential and commercial. Ron, this is potentially in the cards for me next summer. Edmonton and Vancouver are also potentials. I have a few friends at firms in Cowtown, but not as many as in Vancouver. Any firms in particular that your would reccomend? Keep in mind I am primarily an architect now, but I don't want to completely give up designing and rendering in 3D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieLeon Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 I think this will be an interesting thread to revive. Things in Miami are really bad now. Fortunately, I have lots of national and international clients, so I don't depend on the local market at all. I wonder how everyone else is doing. Any other markets tanking hard or still booming? It seems Dubai and Eastern Europe are still red hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rconce01 Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Dude are you Eddie Leon from spine 3d? alright you dont' have to admit it, but say hi to rob for me. Things are real bad here man i am glad you revived this thread i started this thread when things started getting bad last year and now it would be interesting to see what others have to say. I am with you on things being red hot in Dubai but i think it's only a matter of time before this whole global economic crises hits them. Remember they are least affected because of their natural resources and therefore can hold out longer...china too (they don't have as much natural resouces but we buy everything they make..the good and the bad.) Regards, Rafael I think this will be an interesting thread to revive. Things in Miami are really bad now. Fortunately, I have lots of national and international clients, so I don't depend on the local market at all. I wonder how everyone else is doing. Any other markets tanking hard or still booming? It seems Dubai and Eastern Europe are still red hot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieLeon Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 I am with you on things being red hot in Dubai but i think it's only a matter of time before this whole global economic crises hits them. Yep. That's me. I'll tell Robert you said hi. I think there will always be good markets. The are too many people with lots of money in this world and they will always have somewhere to invest it. So, the trick is to follow the markets. I was at a major property show in Europe recently and the feeling there was very different from Miami. Dubai and Russia were the big topics of discussion. By the the time it slows down in these markets (if ever) things will pick up here. Miami will probably be a good market again in 3 to 5 years. The fact is we are living in a global market and we all need to adapt to it. The architecture firms in Miami that went looking for international work a few years ago are not sweating at all. The others that got complacent and kept hoarding all the local residential work are the ones that are laying off people in droves. It's a sad situation, but I think it's a good learning experience for all of us. Regarding the Arch Viz industry, I know there are few good studios in the US that are hurting now. I bet most will adapt and survive. Some might not. The smart ones will be taking their heads out of the sand and looking around for answers. I think we owe it to ourselves and to our industry to discuss things and help each other out a little if possible. Sharing insights and ideas about market trends might not be a bad thing to do now. Many artists don't like to discuss these things, so lets see how this thread evolves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alias_marks Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 yep, definitely interesting to revive this thread and see how things have changed. We do a lot of health care at our firm and have been having trouble keeping everyone busy for some time now. For archviz within the firm, things are keeping steady. As the market declines around here, the leaders within our firm are realizing that it's important now more than ever to push and get new jobs. This means a lot of 3d work for our in house team. proposals and mostly just making sure we continue to wow potential clients with our graphical capabilities that they haven't seen at other Architectural firms. I realize this perspective is a little different than an indie arch viz house, but for what it's worth, that's my perspective from and in house Viz leader. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katkatemos Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 Yep. That's me. I'll tell Robert you said hi. I agree with you. I think that some people/ firms are competitive in all the wrong ways. They tend to be greedy and keep all to themselves, and at the end, it is the reason why they are hurting. It is natural that every market evolves and we have to be constantly aware about it. Architecture is definitely not a one-way street. There's a lot of possibilities that can aid our market, it just a matter of figuring things together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieLeon Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 As the market declines around here, the leaders within our firm are realizing that it's important now more than ever to push and get new jobs. This means a lot of 3d work for our in house team. That's a great point! I never looked at it that way. I thought that as firms start to downsize they would eliminate the "non-core" positions first. But, when you put things into a marketing perspective, they need good 3d more than ever! I think other artists that work at Arch Firms should enlighten their bosses about this fact if their positions are ever in jeopardy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianKitts Posted April 20, 2008 Share Posted April 20, 2008 yep, definitely interesting to revive this thread and see how things have changed. We do a lot of health care at our firm and have been having trouble keeping everyone busy for some time now. That's really odd.... because I still see healthcare as strong. Our marketing department went after 6 large scale hospital projects in the last month and a half. My new job is a product of my company realizing how strong the healthcare market is right now in the midwest, and starting up a new office here in columbus. The one thing that michael is right on though is when the market looks slow push harder. I'll have to wait till I'm in this company to see if this is a larger than normal marketing trend right now, or if this is normal. But one thing is for sure, we are definitely making a strong utilization of 3D to aid in going after new jobs. Luckily the firm is focusing on 3D so much that they are making every move to expand our visualization use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antisthenes Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 Phoenix still on fire.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeandelessard Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 we are really busy too here in Montreal. We even offer job for great talented 3d artist, compositing etc... by the way, do you know where we could find talented guys that do compositing for architectural renderings, textures, Photoshop, afters effects, great looking animations . We are 3d firm that do photographic quality. We do business with architects, interior designer and marketing company. If you know someone that could helps us in the office here in Montreal. Do not hesitate. Tell him to send us their portfolio. info@studioleonard.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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