SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 23, 2022

For example, the team at Scott | Edwards Architecture and PLACE are working to design Nueva Esperanza (“New Hope” in Spanish) as an affordable housing development attuned to the specifics of its site in Hillsboro and the diverse population it will be home to.

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Archmark

APRIL 6, 2023

Taking the Guesswork Out of Social Media for Architects What social media platforms to choose for your architecture firm and how to use them A strong social media presence is essential for any business in today’s digital world - and the architecture industry is no exception.  Is social media even appropriate for architects?

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30X40 Design Workshop

APRIL 14, 2022

Joining me to answer these questions (+ more) is my friend Bob Borson, architect + creator of The Life of an Architect blog + podcast. 00:30 An architect’s salary discussion 01:03 Other ways to think about compensation 02:05 Compensation Calculator (by region, job, etc.) Are your drawing skills questionable?

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

This is because we are on the edge of a complete flip in how every service industry functions, including medicine, law, and architecture. Every potential client who architects serve under 40 has created a software derived sketch. Anyone will be able to directly create buildings through software, no architect need apply.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 11, 2023

A new multifamily building in New Haven by students at Yale’s architecture school provides relief for an underpaid workforce—and their community. Related Reading: Los Angeles Will Soon Open Its Newest Facility for Those Lacking Housing Workers at Sage and Coombe Architects Unionize A housing experiment is unfolding in New Haven.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 15, 2023

AIA Gold Medal winners Ted Flato and David Lake share their views on how "architecture is being driven forward by a response to climate" in this exclusive interview. Photo courtesy of Lake Flato Lake and co-medalist Ted Flato founded their studio, Lake Flato Architects , in San Antonio, Texas in 1984.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Home to iconic landmarks such as Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Richard Meier’s Getty Center, Los Angeles’ architecture has become greatly influenced by the entertainment industry. Starting from its architectural schools, the city promotes alternative design practices. And that’s the way we like it.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Mentoring the Young Architect. The profession of architecture has historically been dependent upon older architects mentoring younger architects. Due to the complexity of the profession, older architects need to train and mentor our young architects. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 23, 2022

This is to ensure that students at The Dewey schools are able to experience an ideal learning environment, where modern facilities do not compromise the relevant and cozy feel of the place. Source by 1+1>2 Architects. Photo © Nguyen Thai Thach. Photo © Nguyen Thai Thach. Photo © Nguyen Thai Thach. Photo © Nguyen Thai Thach.

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Among the 19 architecture-focused organisations required to report, including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architectural Association (AA) , the median hourly gender pay gap for 2023/24 was 14.8 The Royal Institute of British Architects reported a 9.3 All have been contacted for comment.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

“Citizen Architect” is a phrase that – if you are in the field of architecture – you hear a lot. The Citizen Architect stays informed on local, state, and federal issues, and makes time for service to the community. Again – wonderful and terrible.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Do you really want to be an architect? Being an architect is rewarding in ways that I don’t think could be easily replicated in a different field of work. I would say I get that question a lot but it’s really phrased “Do I really want to be an architect?” – SIDEBAR – “ What’s a tag?

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30X40 Design Workshop

MAY 23, 2022

Would you be surprised to learn that most architects aren't taught how to assemble a set of construction drawings in architecture school? Most graduate architects learn this from their first employer during their mandatory internship. I certainly was. We spent time on line weight, hierarchy and composition.

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SW Oregon Architect

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA (photo by Codera23, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) An earlier blog entry of mine, “ Genealogy of Influence ,” promised a series of posts about the architects and theorists who influenced my architectural world view. This is the latest post in the series. As I write this it is Super Bowl Sunday.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 6, 2022

The school takes the form of a vertical campus on two levels where the full space (Agora, conviviality room, classrooms…) participates as much as the empty space of the circulations (corridors, staircases, terraces) in the increase of the exchanges. Source by LAN Architect. Photo © Charly Broyez. Amphitheatre: 699.3

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SW Oregon Architect

JULY 25, 2021

The title I brought with me is Architecture Depends , by Jeremy Till , an architect and Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of the Arts in London. I say timely because the book serves to remind us of the messy context within which we create architecture today.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world. I wanted to become an architect and design buildings even before I knew architect’s existed 3. I was still in architecture school as everyone else graduated. ”) 2.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

Each month, dozens of architect bloggers from around the world publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. That means eager prospects with exciting new projects will start looking for architects to help design and build their dreams. As small firm architects, how do we get noticed by those prospects?

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Architecture Quote

JULY 13, 2020

Dating an architect seems like the perfect find in the sea of love that we all fish in. The reality of dating an architect might involve more coffee than champagne, and looking at the same sketch for 2 months. Looking back at his depiction, being an architect often looks a l ot different than reality. Introduction.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Emanuel School Science Building, London. Design Engine Architects win Emanuel School new science building. Architects: Design Engines. image courtesy of architects practice. Emanuel School, Battersea Rise, London Building. Richard Jobson, Founding Director, Design Engine Architects. 17 November 2022.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The following is an introduction to The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto. . LePage and I am an Entrepreneur Architect. In architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and art alone. “If We are Entrepreneur Architects. I am Mark R.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2022

Earlier this year, employees of New York firm SHoP formed the US's first union of architecture workers in 70 years alleging "endless overtime and deadlines", while two faculty members at the Sci-Arc architecture school were placed on administrative leave after suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 15, 2016

I spent a considerable amount of time responding to emails this weekend and the newest most asked question is now: “ I want to be an architect, where do I start? Granted most of the people asking this question are fairly young – probably high school and early college level – but the answer is still the same.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 29, 2022

The architect and urban theorist Rob Krier is this year’s Driehaus Prize laureate. The first Driehaus Prize winner, two decades ago, was his brother, architect and urban theorist Leon Krier, who was also born in Luxembourg and is about eight years younger than his sibling. Cité Judiciaire, Luxembourg designed by Rob Krier.

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A4 Architects

MAY 11, 2022

We also have more than a dozen A4 Architecture alumni who went to Roger Williams out in the world advancing their careers in Boston, New York, Providence and elsewhere. Architecture school, as previous A4 Architecture blog posts have discussed, it is a place to learn creative problem solving.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. wonder how I go that job? ]

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30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. You'll use a lot of this in architecture school.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Habitat 67, an iconic housing complex designed by architect Moshe Safdie for the Expo 67 World’s Fair, is currently one of the most celebrated works of Canadian modernism. Today, Montréal is a cultural medley of architectural works. Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes inc. Some of Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes inc.’s

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ArchiDiaries

APRIL 11, 2022

Doug’s first job out of architecture school was a year-long stint as a VISTA volunteer in the underserved Pico-Union neighborhood of central Los Angeles. Thoughtful, thorough, and always prepared, Bobbie is a programming and interior design specialist recognized by clients and colleagues throughout the Bay Area. DOUGLAS TOM.

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e-architect

AUGUST 25, 2023

Weston Studio Rambert Ballet School, London, England – Building Information Client: The Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Address: Clifton Lodge, St Margarets Drive, Twickenham, TW1 1QN Council: Richmond Construction Cost: £571368 Type of Contract: JCT Intermediate Dates Commissioned: 04.09.18

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Architizer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

We know you don’t want to spend all of Christmas eve trawling through overcrowded stores, getting frustrated and settling on another mug with a semi-funny architects-love coffee-related quote when what you could be doing is cozying up in fresh pajamas and getting an early night in time for the big man. Print Club London x Luckies .

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

After responding to a hopeful architect on Dwell.com I decided to flesh out my answer and include more books. Naturally there is some overlap and some of these books could fit in multiple headings, this is architecture after all. Being a successful architect takes more than creating a wonderful idea and presenting it to your client.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Do you want to be an Architect? Surviving Architectural School Despite the urban legends that you’ve heard about that person who stayed awake for 6 straight days to finish his project, Architecture school is terrific.

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Young Architect

MAY 22, 2022

Young Architect. Architecture Career? Pursuing an architecture career was definitely the best decision I have ever made in my life. There are a million great reasons to become an architect ; I could have easily made a list of 100, but today I kept it to 10. Most Architect's aren't great at math either. ” .

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Sir Ken Robinson , TEDTalks Guernica 1937 by Pablo Picasso In the quote above, I think the issue that Sir Ken Robinson speaks of points to one of the reasons the process of becoming an architect takes as long as it does. a bus depot.)

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Architizer

APRIL 21, 2023

Nevertheless, architects in Hong Kong remain in accord on one objective: designing for the future. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. What should remain and what can go?

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? What it means is that we learned how to think and communicate our ideas slightly different from the product of today’s architecture programs. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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