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20 Best Architecture Firms in Los Angeles

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Home to iconic landmarks such as Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Richard Meier’s Getty Center, Los Angeles’ architecture has become greatly influenced by the entertainment industry. Starting from its architectural schools, the city promotes alternative design practices. How are these architecture firms ranked?

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? What’s the Right sized firm for you?

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Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architectural Firm | Life of an.

Life of an Architect

One of the items in that post was the list “ Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm ” which is somewhat biased because I didn’t really represent the benefits to working in a large architectural firm. Democratic Work Ethics Some firms, mine included will tend to have an open space office.

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Toneheim Folkehoegskole, Hamar, Norway

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Every student passes the common room on their way in and out of the building, which stimulates interaction between students. The 2-person rooms put restrictions on the amount of private space, encouraging students to interact with each other in the common areas. In effect, it is wellbeing architecture.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Remembering the design world greats we lost in 2022

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Diamond started the firm with partner Donald Schmitt in 1975 and led the design of major buildings including the Holly Blossom Temple and Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, both in Toronto, the Memorial Hall at Marlborough College in the UK, and the Foreign Ministry of Israel in Jerusalem. Find out more about Jonathan Gales ›.

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Rule of Halves

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For aspiring architects, the rule is first encountered as students when they enter architectural school and are told that one half of the students in their class will drop out either in the first year or no later than before graduation. Finally, firm formation may be dropping as well. As Roger K.