Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

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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Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

For aspiring architects, the rule is first encountered as students when they enter architectural school and are told that one half of the students in their class will drop out either in the first year or no later than before graduation. Finally, firm formation may be dropping as well. As Roger K.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Home / Career / Architectural Job Starter Kit Architectural Job Starter Kit Bob Borson — February 28, 2014 — 27 Comments March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the “summer interns” and freshly minted architectural graduates are … well, knocking on the door.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It isn’t unreasonable to think an intern would be far more knowledgeable than the licensed architect, sitting just a few feet over, in some of the various methods and technologies that architectural firms employ. This includes anyone not registered to practice architecture in a U.S. or are in the process of completing it.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

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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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Home / Architects / Should I be an Architect? Should I be an Architect?

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