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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

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Although the Fogo Island Inn and other smaller structures on Fogo Island are more familiar to people in the US than his Norwegian houses, one would have to search out the hard-to-find Architecture in Northern Landscapes from 2012 ( updated in 2016 ) for a book with those projects (or watch one-hour documentary devoted to them ).

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How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession

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With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. A tale of the successful small firm architect. Go Back to School.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I’ve been around the architectural block more times than I care to admit at this stage of my career and I have learned a few things along the way. One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. is a very good thing.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

What’s the Right sized firm for you? Architectural Portfolio’s and their true purpose Architectural Sketching Taking the Architectural Registration Exam Do you want to be an Architect? Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

″ – drawing title on one side and the firm’s logo on the other side. First thing I learned to do on my very first “job” at an architectural firm Mark Mc Swain Most “City” folding formats are based on whether the P&D/Engineering Office file cabinets are Letter versus Legal sized format.

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No More Starving Artist

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With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. A tale of the successful small firm architect. Go Back to School.