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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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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I first became aware of Leiviskä's buildings during architecture school in the first half of the nineties , having seen his beautiful and distinctive churches in magazines, including an issue of A+U dedicated to him. Presented in project form in Paper in Architecture , the museum was completed one year later, in 2010.

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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. I would suggest a third question, to complete the Venn diagram: What does the world need?

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Architects and their Deserted Island Music | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Brandon Tyler Carr I’m still in Architecture School, so this post will pretty much broaden my arena for studio. i can do all three, but there is nothing more peaceful or fulfilling than drawing a building and all of her views and diagrams in pencil or ink. i find instrumental music the best to concentrate on hand drafting.

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Motivation - and why it's important | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

finals time at architecture school frequently gets overwhelming and i felt like giving up on everything. instead of moping about as planned i shall produce another diagram for my project! I figure it will force me to go outside and do something active guest this is exactly the post i needed to read. thanks bob.

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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Big thick black walls look great in parti diagrams.

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