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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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Competitions: archiDots Award for Excellence in Architectural Design 2021-22 Cycle-2

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Throughout their degree, they create brilliant pieces of architecture and design that go united and undiscovered. We understand the thought process that stays behind the academic projects, be it a small sketch or a full-fledged project. International undergraduate architecture students (outside India) are eligible to participate.

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Do you really want to be an architect?

Life of an Architect

All that notwithstanding, this is an important article for architecture students and their parents to read. It talks about the process – maybe even the realization – of what it takes to get through architecture school. If you’re a client – I’m here to tell you that you want it. Almost 3 years?

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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

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I once had a phone call with an architecture student asking for advice. This would have been my favorite section when I was an architecture student. Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi – This is by far my most marked up, underlined, and starred architecture book. Theory + Design Process.

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Arquine Competition MEXTÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

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Build the Pavilion as part of the International Festival of Architecture and City MEXTRÓPOLI, with the aim of becoming the benchmark, in each edition able to contribute to the festival themes for reflection and discussion on the architecture and the city. The groups may incorporate professionals or students from other disciplines.

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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. Why Should You Read This? Why Should You Read This? Why Should You Read This?

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The fact I included a case study chapter in Buildings in Print , as mentioned above, points to my appreciation of this sub-genre of architecture books but also to the role they have played in teaching architecture students, spreading knowledge around important works, and promoting architects and architecture within and beyond the profession.

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