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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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Architectural Studio - 4 Questions | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

These days, many students work from home or their apartments since the work is done digitally. Also, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time building basswood models, most of the students I talk to these days send their digital files to a laser cutter and have the pieces of their model cut for them.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of. An Electricians Bag Mehreen Kazim hi Bob, i am a 4th year architecture student. I did very well in architecture school and never had to pull an all nighter. i need to know how much does fancy rendering and presentation makes a difference?

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An Interior Designer's Bag 003 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

So far we have seen the bag contents from an architect, an architecture student, a dry wall contractor, and for today, we finally get to take a look at what’s exactly inside the bag of an interior designer. If you feel so inclined as to share, just send your pictures in to me and I’ll try and post it here on the site.

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Rule of Halves

Architects Tales

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. As Roger K. Lewis, FAIA, says in his book, ARCHITECT? . … According to the U.S.

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An Architect's Bag 002 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I think it would be sort of fun to see what other people – designers, students, contractors – anyone who carries a bag – has in their bag. Bill Reeves It is interesting watching seeing the equipment needed by the modern architectural student. It is not that different to Bob’s bag.

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A Graphic Designer's Bag | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

So far we have seen the contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Today we get to take a look inside the bag of Dallas based environmental graphic designer – Steve Jordan of Steve Jordan Design.