Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I wrote a post years ago titled “ Schematic Design – This Isn’t Architecture ” and while I think you should go read it (because it’s amazing) I will save some of you the time and summarise. Don’t lie, some of you were and you let me know it.

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Bruce F. Roth Architect

APRIL 15, 2016

Project Manager for the Architect of Record from the Schematic Design Phase through the Construction Documents Phase. For information on other educational and related work (including childcare, libraries and other civic projects), go to my Projects Page. Firm : Altus Works. Firm : Altus Works.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The political constraints and expressive tendencies affecting architectural utility are separately examined in the two parts of this book, while an epilogue looks at the implications for architectural education. He is a practising architect and is author of the textbook Structural Elements for Architects and Builders.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 6, 2014

There is a secret that all attentive architects know: Don’t give your client what they ask for, give them what they need. Better yet, have them be a part of the design process. The aim is to create a home that is uniquely theirs, reflects their personality, and has been designed according to how they will live and occupy each space.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Together, the five are creating progressive educational and community projects that serve rural and underprivileged areas in Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya, and Ghana. While embracing modern technology, the firm celebrates unique local architectural expression.

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Architizer

APRIL 15, 2022

We also worked with local architect Pascal Costamagna to locally source materials, which was critical. I was educated at the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, using metric measurements. One key lesson was how easy it was to return to metric measurements in design. Local architect: Pascal Costamagna. They love it.

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e-architect

JANUARY 21, 2023

Wilbert Davies, who later became a notable California-based landscape architect, was retained by the Leach family to develop landscaping plans. John, a pharmacist, and Lilla, an accomplished botanist, devoted their energies to cultivating a private garden that showcased their fascination with plants.

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e-architect

MAY 12, 2023

The new theatre’s design embraces the Pillow’s diverse history to create an accessible and inclusive space for dialogue, collaboration, and education. The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund supported the pre-schematic design phase of the project.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 28, 2024

LAM talked with four management-level landscape architects about their views around sharing knowledge in offices striving to cultivate and hang on to talented people. And also, where we are in the range of services—schematic design, design development. These interviews have been edited and condensed.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

That’s what recent A+Awards winners have taught us, with more women than ever leading teams in conceptualizing, designing and delivering some of the world’s best architecture around the globe. Architecture Studio ’s Yoko Fujii and Apparatus Architects ’ Gabriella Gamma to KIENTRUC O ’s Anni Le and Formafatal ’s Dagmar Št?pánová.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 15, 2021

There are a myriad ways each of us can impact the profession, serve clients and the public, and design a better built environment. We as a profession, need to do better at engaging and celebrating all the ways architects can contribute. Most of our work revolved around entering design competitions. My Personal Story.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 3, 2018

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 226, Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects. If you don’t know how, learn how by downloading our free course profit for small firm architects today at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

I spent a few days last week redlining the drawings for the house that I used in my “ Sketching during Schematic Design ” post a few months back and thought it would be a good time to introduce the practice of redlining drawings in an architectural office as well as clarify my thoughts on what I think redlines are and what they are not.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 7, 2024

Lane County voters passed a general obligation bond in May 2020 to fund the project, as well as assortment of campus-wide improvements addressing classroom needs, safety and accessibility deficiencies, workforce retraining, and Career Technical Education.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Granite planters rise and fall, designed like visual vibrations through the four-block site, giving it form and functionality as seating. It was one of Landworks’s early projects for Pao Huei, and it won an honor award in 2016 from the Boston Society of Landscape Architects for streetscape design. Taichung City, Taiwan.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Over time, several prominent landscape architects and practitioners in related fields have had a hand in the venture here. From 2000 to 2005, OLIN worked on the Bethel Woods master plan, with its winding path system, and produced design and construction documents for the project. Photo © Elliott Landy.

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Young Architect

MAY 3, 2022

Young Architect. What is the Architect Registration Exam (ARE 5.0)? The Architect Registration Exam (ARE 5.0) of the process , it takes to become an Architect. . s consist of an Education requirement and fulfilling Experience hours, working on real projects under the direct supervision of a Licensed Architect. .

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Young Architect

APRIL 20, 2022

If you’re just getting started on the Architect Registration Exam, you may be overwhelmed. Think: Investigation (not design). Project Planning and Design Exam (PPD). Now you’ll start moving into design and schematic designs of sites and buildings. exam and using Architect Exam Prep and Ballast.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2022

By Marika Snider, PhD, AIA, Principal Architect, Snider Architecture, LLC, Michael Bell, FAIA, Esq., President, Bell Architecture APC and Leonard Kady, FAIA, Principal, Leonard Kady Architecture + Design. Previously, architects and contractors have successfully used other ACD agreements for their custom residential projects.

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Young Architect

MAY 2, 2022

Young Architect. During Technical Exams, sometimes questions will also assume ARE Candidates have basic contract knowledge and understanding of the roles, relationships and responsibilities between an Owner, Architect and Contractor. PPD is all about everything that happens during the schematic design phase of the project.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

What does the typical architect’s day look like? Depends on how you define “typical”, the architect, the market sector where they practice, their experience within the profession, and any particular day of the week. This was the project that I used when talking about sketching during schematic design.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

I volunteered at local events and non-profits in the design community to build relationships that ultimately lead to job opportunities. The first job I had after moving to Berlin was with an architect who went to the University of Oregon and was friends with one of my professors. Use your education to your advantage.

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Bustler

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Customers pay more attention to the regional future development, education supporting facilities, living environment as well as indoor spaces of the residence. Architect/Curator，RIBA Head of Development, China，2013 World Architecture Festival Future Architecture Special jury，2013 Ordine Architetti Roma (OAR) Guest Curator Hugh Whitmore AlA：.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

After becoming an independent country in 1979, Iranian architects had to find ways to preserve this vivid historical fabric while also satisfying society’s growing needs. Currently, their designs are a blend of tradition and modernity that has introduced a new, contemporary layer to Iranian architecture.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

Young Architect. Below is a one sentence explanation of each exam: Programming and Analysis (PA) – Understanding the problem the design will solve. Project Planning and Design (PPD) – Schematic Design Phase of the project. The ARE Boot Camp Coaching Program – Young Architect. Amber Book.

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A Better Built Environment

MARCH 22, 2021

There are a myriad ways each of us can impact the profession, serve clients and the public, and design a better built environment. We as a profession, need to do better at engaging and celebrating all the ways architects can contribute. Here I was working on an incredibly diverse team, with designers from around the world.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 15, 2016

If you are an architect, you want to see your projects get built. As a result, it has been ignored here on Life of an Architect … but that stops today. I originally introduced this project to everyone in a post I wrote called “ Sketching during Schematic Design ” that I wrote back in November 2014.

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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. Young was no architect but a HCU trained sociologist and a MIT trained electrical engineer. Young, Jr., Young, Jr.,

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Architecture Quote

JULY 16, 2020

With evolving markets and new technology emerging, architects’ approaches to image-building have changed, in addition to the way architects acquire new leads. This question is very important for ArchitectureQuote (AQ), trying to shake things up and offer new means of generating leads for architects.

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