Episode 089: Entrepreneurship in Practice: Taking Risks to Create Value

What does it take to launch, build, and grow an architecture firm?

This week we interview the founding principal of brick. Rob Zirkle and the managing director of business management, Lynn Chock. Founded in 2010, brick. has been on a trajectory of growth since its inception. A nimble team grounded in the belief that design, technology, and service are indelibly linked, we discuss the company’s growth from launch to the present day.  

“Friendly, unconventional, can-do architects”, Bricksters are guided by their mission to: 

• outsmart convention. 
• create value. 
• design like you mean it. 

Learn more about how they are redesigning the business model of architecture.

Guests:

Rob Zirkle founding principal at brick brings a strong record of successful and recognized design excellence to a wide variety of project types in both architecture, interiors, and urban design. Rob brings a sensitivity to the details of design that make memorable architecture transcend the everyday, but he is also laser focused on creating value for clients, the cities where he works and for the many stakeholders whose experiences are shaped by the firm’s designs.

As managing director of business management, Lynn Chock knows that quality + efficiency + happiness = an awesome bottom line. She leverages her extensive experience in HR, accounting, and business management to help brick and its talented staff thrive. For Lynn, a successful firm maximizes value for its clients and the people who live, work, and learn in the buildings they design. Over the last nine years Lynn has worked with brick behind the scenes, constantly improving financial performance and business workflows; finding ways to increase overall productivity and boost the happiness quotient for brick’s most valuable asset: its people.

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📚 Continue Learning:

PD 069: A Case Study on Leadership: Expanding Established Design Practices to New Locations

brick: Redesigning The Studio Through Communication (w/ Lynn Chock, Je'Nen Chastain)

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