The ArchHive is a supportive peer community for architects with small businesses and sole proprietors, who tend to work in isolation and don’t have the resources of larger firms. Members regularly post questions about building and planning code interpretations and relationships with different building and planning departments, as well as requests for referrals for consultants of all kinds, including technical specialists, photographers, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers, general contractors, and more.

We share knowledge, expertise, and resources on everything from client communication, technical issues with construction, new materials and different uses of materials, business development, net-zero carbon, energy conservation, and a wide variety of issues.

I originally started this in 2009 as the architects’ monthly beer night at the Pub on Solano Ave. with five friends. Over the years we grew into a lively online forum with over 100 architects and designers. We still meet in person for social gatherings at irregular intervals, but every day when something comes up, we exchange about it on the forum online.

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