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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

Life of an Architect

The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% The practice of architecture is more than sketching on trace paper, parti diagrams, deciding what pens to draw with, groupies, and last-minute trips to Vegas. Maybe you shouldn’t be in architecture school … you don’t have what it takes.

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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

EntreArchitect

When you are in the weeds of construction documents, RFI’s, AFP’s, and need a mind refresher, pick up Thinking Architecture. Tadao Ando Conversations With Students by Tadao Ando – Ando has always been one of my favorite architects since I “discovered” him at my undergrad architecture school library.

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Amber Book ARE 5.0 Review – Video Tour

Young Architect

Michael teaches design studio, environmental building systems, materials & methods of construction, and architectural acoustics. “Michael Ermann is the architecture school professor you always wish you had, except now he’s your #1 Architect Exam Professor.” Amber Book Firm Licenses . I always tell people.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Life in General , Observations , Travel a day in the life , about bob , Architecture School , bob borson , Travel , traveling Graphic Standards heard around the. too funny reading what had been important to me back then, with little diagrams explaining things too.

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The Ultimate List of ARE 5.0 Study Materials: Part 1

Young Architect

Many people have said it reminds them of being in architecture school, except now we’re focused on exams. . Many architecture firms subscribe to the Black Spectacles Firm License for their staff. It contains tons of pictures, diagrams and detail. . The ARE Boot Camp is also a very social program.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing.

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Architecture Market Analysis Report

Architecture Quote

Architecture market analysis: Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Where do architectural firms find their potential customers, how do they meet, and what does the architecture market look like in these places? For countless decades, architecture firms have been dependent on word-of-mouth tactics.