Life of an Architect

JUNE 26, 2018

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, while Landon received his diploma from Virginia Tech in 2016 … so how has college changed over this time? There are a lot of unknowns when it comes to architecture school: How do I pick which college is right for me? Is it hard to get admitted? Here's a hint.

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Architecture School Education Students Site 63

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 21, 2023

Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family emergency had me put this blog on hiatus. The book is a fitting result of a building, the Petite École , that functions as an architecture school for children.

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Architecture Architecture School Deconstruction Diagram 134

Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

25 for the blog, architects-tales.com, Copyright 2019 by Dale R. 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. ”- Buckminster Fuller.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 11, 2022

Here is the 42nd installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog.

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Glass Architecture School Art Education 101

EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

Catherine Meng received her bachelor of architecture degree from Cornell University and joined DLR Group Kwan Hemi in 2016 where she focuses on multifamily and student housing projects. I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it. So I was like, I guess I have to go.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

They take on issues like the exploitation of architecture workers, hypocrisy in academia, and how overconsumption and late-stage capitalism foster bad design. Architecture criticism is totally self-serious," says Kate Wagner, 28, an architecture critic who got her start in 2016 with McMansion Hell, a blog that roasts ugly buildings. "I

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Design Industrial Architecture School Inspiration 115

Community Architect

JUNE 9, 2022

Introduction to the guest blog When in 1968 the then President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Robert Durham, FAIA, extended an invitation to the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. She wrote this guest contribution describing her approach to teaching equity in architecture school.

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