025: Growing a Practice with Ben Allen

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Channel: Business of Architecture · 2018 · Education

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In this week's episode I speak with Ben Allen, director of Studio Ben Allen, an East London based architectural practice. Prior to setting up on his own Ben worked for 15 years with an array of designers, artists and other creative disciplines, including 10 years working intimately as an architect with Icelandic Danish artist Olafur Eliasson.

In this episode Ben talks about starting his own practice and how he continues to combine art, architecture and design.

Listen to find out:

How Ben delivers architecturally ambitious projects with his client's support
Reasons why many architects are under paid 
The important business lessons that Ben has taken from art world

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