ABSTRACT
John Nash functioned as an agent, investor, and advisor to clients and the crown during his professional career. While Nash also engaged in ownership, most of his experience leads one to consider a more expansive understanding of the integration of real estate, primarily advisory in nature, based on specialized expertise. Charles Bulfinch and Luis Barragan both formed partnerships to execute their developments, with varying degrees of success. Sir Clough Williams Ellis and John Portman operated to conceive, design, develop, and even operate the business that would lease their buildings. Otto Wagner occasionally conceived projects and promoted them for potential clients to embrace, but more often conceived, constructed, financed, and leased his own projects. Often, such architects may not secure clients that share their objectives or a project in which to accomplish them. For these practitioners, enterprising architecture is a fundamental element of finding professional satisfaction in the purpose and nature of their work.
