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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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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

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Although the Fogo Island Inn and other smaller structures on Fogo Island are more familiar to people in the US than his Norwegian houses, one would have to search out the hard-to-find Architecture in Northern Landscapes from 2012 ( updated in 2016 ) for a book with those projects (or watch one-hour documentary devoted to them ).

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

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First thing I learned to do on my very first “job” at an architectural firm Mark Mc Swain Most “City” folding formats are based on whether the P&D/Engineering Office file cabinets are Letter versus Legal sized format. Cam Ahhhhh such joy it brings to see someone still knows the right way to do this.

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Arquine Competition MEXTÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

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Architect, researcher and editor, PhD in architecture. Co-founder of MAIO, an architecture firm that works on flexible systems where notions such as variation, ephemeral or ad hoc, allow theoretical positions to materialize. She is a Doctorate Candidate in Architecture at UNAM on resilient urban design. Anna Puigjaner.

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The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

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I’m Caitlin and I’m a fourth year student at Drexel University. I’m currently enrolled in the 2 + 4 Bachelor of Architecture Program and working full-time at an architecture firm. I’ve been practicing Architecture since I graduated from The Illinois Institute of Technology in 2012.

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Drafts that might be “Better Left for Dead”

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Excerpt: If it’s a big architectural firm or small architectural firm, some people will feel ignored regardless of how much attention they receive. Post Title: How to Avoid the 10 Mistakes Every Architecture Student Makes Excerpt: [secret] What Happened? Post Title: Feeling Ignored?

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

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This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Since I have typically championed the small architectural firm, I wear a lot of hats and can relate to most people who have some role to play. Something a master machine can’t make. Alan Manning Great!

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