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Architecture in the Real World … sorta

Life of an Architect

One of the things having a web site like mine affords you is a peek behind the curtain – curtains in just about every nook and cranny of the planet. One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world. Architecture in the “REAL WORLD” is continuing education.

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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

Life of an Architect

Simply based on my inbox, there is a new batch of bright and shiny new future architects about to graduate and they are on the hunt for their future … hopefully in an office like mine. The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% What’s the Right Size Firm for You? Big or Small?

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No challenge too small or too great

Architects Tales

Backing up a bit, when I graduated from architecture school, I returned to Wisconsin to look for a job with an architectural firm to continue my apprenticeship. I chose to attend the University of Minnesota because, located in Minneapolis, it was the closest school to my parent’s home in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. [3]

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Life in General , Observations , Travel a day in the life , about bob , Architecture School , bob borson , Travel , traveling Graphic Standards heard around the. Rebecca Warren This is awesome. Well saved.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing.

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