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An Interior Designer's Bag 003 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

So far we have seen the bag contents from an architect, an architecture student, a dry wall contractor, and for today, we finally get to take a look at what’s exactly inside the bag of an interior designer. If you feel so inclined as to share, just send your pictures in to me and I’ll try and post it here on the site.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

This information applies to not only architecture students, but to most career paths. i learned so much from the contractors this way! link] Bob Borson People tend to think that architects and contractors have a natural disposition to be adversarial but it simply doesn’t need to be that way.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

You will get to do just about everything sooner rather than later – attend client meetings, contribute to the design, prepare construction drawings, organize and process bidding and negotiating information, and go to job sites. That last one almost deserves its own category. Drawing sets? Work samples? What exactly is a work sample?

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An Electrician's Bag | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

To date we have seen contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Graphic Designer Today we get a look into the bag of freelance designer/ consultant and electrician Lindy Weston (B.Envd., Ugly’s reference book.

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The Finalists ? LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

Our hobbies are strictly architecture… and more architecture. Designer : Kasthuri Chakrapani - Chennai, India Bio : I am an architecture student. As soon as I have a link to share on the raffle tickets, I’ll be sure to get that information out there. Sleep, eat, CAD, repeat #architorture.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

What you know have is a folded up drawing 1/16th the area it was previously with the sheet title information on the outside corner. Underdog Architecture Student What about the way to tear a straight piece off of a roll of trace? (I Rotate the drawing 90 degrees and repeat the last step. ″ x 7.5″

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Residential Deconstruction versus Demolition | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The materials valued by the appraiser must be listed on a donation form with specific and detailed information sufficient to enable the IRS to make its own assessment as to the types of materials donated and their condition. Being an architecture student, I have trouble with the ‘concept formation’ part of design process.