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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Reviewing the work of contractors, so they can get paid, . Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Working on construction drawings.

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My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

EntreArchitect

Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region.

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My Ultimate Guide to Landing Your First Job in Architecture

EntreArchitect

This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. I grew up in a family of auto mechanics and tradesmen.

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The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

Andrew Hawkins – past President of AIA Brazos Chapter, and the owner of Hawkins Architecture – a very successful firm based in College Station, Texas. I’m Caitlin and I’m a fourth year student at Drexel University. We love architecture and each other! If I do not become an Architect, I would be an Author.

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Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

I ended up applying to half architecture schools and then half liberal arts schools because part of me thought that I might want it to be like a comp lit major, but I ended up only getting into the architecture school. I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it.

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The First 500 Project with Tiara Hughes of NOMA (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

She told me that she was finishing architecture school to prove a professor wrong that said she shouldn’t do it. I apologize for interrupting, but those are the ones that made it through because there are so many that probably hit that barrier in architecture school and said, I’m not dealing with this.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I have almost always worked in small firms – except for that one time when I didn’t, which wasn’t a bad year but it cemented in my mind that my skill set is better suited for a small architectural firm. Here are my Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm: 1. So right on Bob.