This article was originally published on Redshift as "Go Your Own Way: 8 Tips for a Sole-Practitioner Architect to Build Credibility."

Perhaps the most famous contemporary sole practitioner is Glenn Murcutt, who still works alone in spite of winning the Pritzker Prize in 2002. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/unrosarinoenvietnam/3783205881'>Flickr user unrosarinoenvietnam</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/'>CC BY-NC-SA 2.0</a>

This article was originally published on Redshift as "Go Your Own Way: 8 Tips for a Sole-Practitioner Architect to Build Credibility."If you?re a sole-practitioner architect, you?ve probably already thought long and hard about the pros and cons of working solo, and don?t feel the burning desire to work in a bustling office environment with large-scale projects and constant collaboration. There are plenty of upsides to running your own practice. ?I have it pretty good as a sole practitioner,? says Portland, Oregon architect Celeste Lewis. ?I love the flexibility it provides with having a child, parents who are ill, and my passion for being involved in the community.?But along with the benefits come challenges. One of the biggest is proving you?re worth your salt in a competitive marketplace alongside larger, bigger-reputation firms. Here are eight tips to help sole practitioners?who make up nearly 25 percent of AIA-member...