Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

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. Lewis, FAIA, says in his book, ARCHITECT? As Roger K.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

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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A Better Built Environment

DECEMBER 12, 2020

From the incredible architecture to the amazing food, traditional gardens to futuristic trains, I quickly fell in love. I returned to Japan in 2015 to work on a community project with the Architecture firm I started with a couple partners. It was a great way to explore the city as an architecture student.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

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. That first summer was not encouraging.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2016

According to Google, the search “resume+books” returned 81,500,000 hits so you newbies should start there. Architectural Interns here are some unique insights into how an architecture student can rise to the top of a pile of resumes and get that coveted architectural intern position. Why Should You Read This?

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

I’m Caitlin and I’m a fourth year student at Drexel University. I’m currently enrolled in the 2 + 4 Bachelor of Architecture Program and working full-time at an architecture firm. We love architecture and each other! Living the dream! Modern design is timeless and; therefore, clearly the best.

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Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

The book spotlights in detail 14 of the studio's projects, organised around eight themes that it considers important to contemporary architecture including adaptive reuse, affordability and materiality. If I open Dezeen today, I can see lots of Czech architecture firms publishing their projects, and many of them are my age."

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

The dean of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Andraos is also a founding partner of WORKac , a firm dedicated to “positing architecture at the intersection of the urban, the rural and the natural.” Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm!

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2013

First thing I learned to do on my very first “job” at an architectural firm Mark Mc Swain Most “City” folding formats are based on whether the P&D/Engineering Office file cabinets are Letter versus Legal sized format. Cam Ahhhhh such joy it brings to see someone still knows the right way to do this.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Each week I introduced one of 12 critical topics fundamental for a successful architecture firm. I hosted a roundtable discussion for the Society of American Registered Architects Pennsylvania Council last month and I am booked for more speaking this winter. Session 002 of the Entrepreneur Architect Academy is Your Life Plan.

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Portland Architecture

JULY 6, 2022

Recently one of the nation's oldest architecture firms opened an office in Portland. In fact, SmithGroup is the longest continually-operating architecture and engineering firm in the United States that's not a wholly-owned subsidiary. Gabriel Fonseca ( courtesy SmithGroup ). . BY BRIAN LIBBY.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

We had to produce a lot of artists who basically buy gifts for all of the kids in the school and the art instructor basically said, “do what you want to do, do what you’re good at, figure out something” And so I realized very quickly that I could draw buildings from the books pretty well. Actually two questions.

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e-architect

JANUARY 25, 2022

Commissioned by the GSA from external consultants (a hub West-led team including Avison Young) the analysis was undertaken in line with the HM Treasury Green Book guidance and Scottish Public Investment Manual. 22 October 2021. Fife College to progress first net-zero college building , Eastern Scotland. Design: Reiach and Hall architects.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

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.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

AUGUST 21, 2023

Of the numerous books publishers send me for review — be they requested by me, pitched by them, or arriving at my doorstep unsolicited — the highest percentage of them are monographs. But books, in my opinion, are better archives than websites, offering architects a further level of control over the finished product compared to websites.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Since I have typically championed the small architectural firm, I wear a lot of hats and can relate to most people who have some role to play. Something a master machine can’t make. Alan Manning Great!

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Journey Roth, an architecture student who found herself working solo in the studio, proposed a 652-mile trail that would reconnect the communities and public lands that line the Tennessee River through hiking and biking and, especially, paddling, as acquiring new land adjacent to the river is likely to be an uphill battle.

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