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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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Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)

Life of an Architect

Bob: If I can only choose between these two options, I would choose romantic ideals – mostly because I believe that you go to school to learn how to learn and for architects, this manifests itself in critical thinking. After a few years in academia, I have changed my thoughts on this question, and they continue to evolve.

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My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

EntreArchitect

There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region. Every summer since my senior year in high school I worked on construction sites, learning the trade up close and studying the psychology of the architect/contractor relationship.

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Do you really want to be an architect?

Life of an Architect

All that notwithstanding, this is an important article for architecture students and their parents to read. It talks about the process – maybe even the realization – of what it takes to get through architecture school. If you’re a contractor, engineer or interior designer you’ve experienced it.

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Letters of an Architect: Lessons from my Best Projects

Community Architect

The project I now remembered had made a lasting impression on me since it was my first assignment when my then prolific boss, Heinz Egenhofer hired me for my first job out of architecture school. German architects, not the contractors, had to calculate all the quantities of everything that went into the specifications.

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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 did not know any architects.

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My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

Life of an Architect

When I look at this project now, it makes me think of a highly refined architecture school project. The quality of contractor we typically were able to work with was extremely high. There are times when I think that working on these sorts of projects when I was younger didn’t do me any favors.

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