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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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The Finalists ? LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition

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Home / Competition / The Finalists – LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition The Finalists – LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition Bob Borson — May 19, 2014 — 27 Comments The 3rd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition had an amazing turnout this year. heard around the.

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An Alphabet of Architectural Models

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Balsa was so derided when I was in architecture school in the 1990s that we were required to build presentation models from bass wood, a much harder and harder-to-cut wood, something the lasting scars on my fingers can attest to.) a+u 2014:03: Supermodels , photographed by Hisao Suzuki, published by a+u, 2014.

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Sketch Paper | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Profiler I started toward an architecture degree in nineteeneightysomething at USC… I took a hiatus for the Gulf War… When I went back to architecture school in the late nineties… I showed up at a preliminary presentation with an armful of “trace” and realized how much things changed in only five years.

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25 Best Architecture Firms in Chile

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The end of the Pinochet regime was an important moment for architecture in Chile, leading to a boom in architecture schools and a broader curriculum. Many architects fuse local practices and materiality with Modern sensibilities. This fusion remains a guiding principle for many Chilean architects today.

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Memories from the Architectural Studio | Life of an Architect

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Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. I personally looked at it as character building and preparing us for that bad client. I also witnessed a couple of bad clients, too. Building with Structural. oh well, it was drafted well.

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Photo's #frommydesk | Life of an Architect

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August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture. about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? on my project notes” #sketch.