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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

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Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? The person with the most skills typically wins.

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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

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. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.

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5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School

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For these reasons, I moved from Minnesota to Oregon to start grad school in 2012. The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in studio. That’s where the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) comes in. Visit Each Architecture Graduate School .

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How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession

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Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. At the age of 10, I chose architecture for my career path because, “Artists don’t make enough money. Architecture is a profession like law and medicine. Go Back to School.

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Memories from the Architectural Studio | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I found the jambox two years later in one of the other architecture school buildings, sitting there on a table as if that’s where I had left it the two years prior… … with no mix tape. I had it with me from one design studio to the next design studio up until my spring semester of my 4th year.

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5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School

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I moved from Minnesota to Oregon to start grad school in 2012. The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in design studio. You’re surrounded by other cool graduate students who have unique backgrounds and so many ideas and experiences to share. Admittedly, it was a big change.