Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. Be a participant in developing your education – nobody can read your mind and know what you want.

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Young Architect

MAY 14, 2022

It’s not an easy profession, an architecture career is a lot of work. Historically, it does not pay very well, the education is long and there is an incredible amount of legal responsibility involved with becoming an architect. . Architecture School. Teaches you to solve problems like no other education.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

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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EntreArchitect

MARCH 10, 2023

In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Gene inspired me that day. I was so excited to finally speak with him one-on-one, and this time, as a fellow architect.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 19, 2020

Is it possible to create a completely virtual educational design studio in undergraduate architecture courses? Does it matter the level of architecture student? I do a small amount of wondering and questioning with regards to this exact question. Is it possible? Can it be effective? Will it result in high-quality work?

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Deezen

JULY 1, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a farm-to-table restaurant and a clothes repair workshop for young people are featured in Dezeen's latest school show by interior architecture students from the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, England. School: University for the Creative Arts. Student: Daisy Rose.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2023

Similarly, university professors struggled with engagement without an in-person learning environment for architecture students. However, the culture within a firm or school does not manifest only when people gather together.

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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. What happens to those who do not graduate in architecture? (In As Roger K.

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Deezen

AUGUST 9, 2022

School statement: "California Baptist University (CBU) architecture students design for the public good. The architecture programme at CBU prepares students to serve as design professionals rooted in the Christian faith tradition. Tutor: Matthew Neirmann.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

101 Things I Learned in Architecture School. An oldie but a goodie —Matthew Frederick had what has now become the architecture student’s bible published back in 2007, yet surprisingly, it is still as relevant today as it was then. By Matthew Frederick.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

Now you’ve decided to go to architecture grad school and are ready to start looking for an graduate architecture program. You’re at one of the most important points in your education, and you’re on the cusp of launching an amazing career. Seriously Consider Each Architecture Graduate School Location.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a project that encourages people to participate in theatre and another that examines how a medieval town can respond to Covid-19 are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kingston School of Art at Kingston University. Kingston School of Art. School: Kingston School of Art.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 28, 2022

Discover contemporary leaders, like MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, spearheading sustainable design initiatives, reimagining cities as equitable spaces, and directing architecture schools. An essential read for architecture students, architects, and anyone interested in how buildings are created and the history behind them.

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Community Architect

APRIL 28, 2023

No, the main focus to improve the life of existing residents and ensure talent raised and educated in the city would stay and contribute. In the Baltimore-Rotterdam sister city arrangements various parties are trying to figure out how both cities can benefit from exchange, art, manufacturing, farming, education and medicine.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2022

Earlier this year, employees of New York firm SHoP formed the US's first union of architecture workers in 70 years alleging "endless overtime and deadlines", while two faculty members at the Sci-Arc architecture school were placed on administrative leave after suggesting that architecture students should work long hours for low pay.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. Our architectural educations should be viewed more as personal improvement, building our skills and reinforcing our knowledge, and less as a ticket to professional exclusivity. Some were concerned about finding a job.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a project that encourages people to participate in theatre and another that examines how a medieval town can respond to Covid-19 are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kingston School of Art at Kingston University. Kingston School of Art. School: Kingston School of Art.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

First, congratulations on deciding to get masters in architectural design, you are one step closer to becoming an Architect! You’re at one of the most important points in your education, and you’re on the cusp of launching an amazing career. The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in design studio.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In a few short years, I evolved from being a junior architecture staff working for everyone else to a licensed architect with interns and junior staff suddenly reporting to me. When I started, I wasn’t an entry level student worker, I had 3 years’ experience in other architecture offices before this job and I was at the end of my education.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Recently things are changing for architecture students in the United States. Though, today, many schools do not enforce these rules, the AIAS and current generations of architecture students are taking on the responsibility to educate their peers and are advocating against the unhealthy and unsafe practice of the legendary all-nighter.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

Also, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time building basswood models, most of the students I talk to these days send their digital files to a laser cutter and have the pieces of their model cut for them. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

In a few short years, I evolved from being a junior architecture staff working for everyone else to a licensed architect with interns and junior staff suddenly reporting to me. When I started, I wasn’t an entry level student worker, I had 3 years’ experience in other architecture offices before this job and I was at the end of my education.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

And we are running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make and the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities. Students are encouraged to explore their creativity and create something that is more frequently than not impractical. … We stigmatize mistakes.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

Once I arrived, I told the secretary that I was interested in architecture and would love to see Mr. Zeckendorf’s private office if possible. I did not say I was an architecture student, which I certainly was not. I was just a kid.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 1, 2014

Today is a first – I am doing something that I told myself that I would never do … show you one of my projects from architecture school. So if you get a chance to design a house while you are in school, designing one that is practical and livable probably isn’t on your professor’s mind.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I look at this project now, it makes me think of a highly refined architecture school project. And by “highly refined”, I mean that there are drawings that someone could use to actually build this project … as evidenced by the fact that someone DID actually build this project.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

Long before our prospects begin seeking an architect, they start to educate themselves about the process. ArchiTalks / 15 Ways to Make the Most of Your Architectural Education. getting [schooled] again. Sharon George – Architecture By George (@sharonraigeorge). Back to {Architecture} School.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The Roof Terrace Playhouse Designer : Erik de Rooij – Kolding, Vejle Amt, Denmark Bio : I graduated as an architect more than 25 years ago, after a very bumpy ride, education-wise. Around Architecture school, I hear most people dissing the themed Lego sets in favor of the creative freedom that come from the big box of various blocks.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 10, 2022

The controversy over SCI-Arc’s “Basecamp: How to be in an Office” panel in late March remains stunning on so many levels, not the least being the students who have seen [.].

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Amsterdam University of the Arts Institution: Amsterdam University of the Arts School: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture Course: Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape Architecture School statement: "The world around us is constantly changing and at a rapid pace.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

I once had a phone call with an architecture student asking for advice. This would have been my favorite section when I was an architecture student. Architecture and Disjunction by Bernard Tschumi – This is by far my most marked up, underlined, and starred architecture book. Theory + Design Process.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 24, 2014

DON’T GET UPSET BY CLIENTS THAT THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. Educate and show multiple options (divergent thought processes) to open up thinking. Remember that you were educated as an ARCHITECT (not him/her). The Architectural world is way too small. Become a LEED Green Associate while in school.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 16, 2017

I participated in a number of architectural competitions, some of which were rewarded. Designer : Andrei Olkoski (Novo Hamburgo, Brazil) Bio : I am an architecture student, I’m in the 5th semester and I’ve been working with custom furniture for twelve years.

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e-architect

JULY 19, 2023

Now in its 17th Year, the 3DReid Student Prize is the largest independent Prize for Part II architecture students. All Schools of Architecture in the UK are invited to nominate students. All Schools of Architecture in the UK are invited to nominate students.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Keep at it, even when your education starts putting priorities onto new technologies, never stop drawing and if you want to be a designer, it is a skill that will help you in ways you won’t appreciate until you are several years out of school. link] Bob Borson terrific!! Pingback: Its more than a 10 Jess Hopkin Love this post.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 29, 2016

If it was 1986 I would totally be down with going back to architecture school. I have written a ton of articles about architecture school … some of which are pretty good. ” A fair amount of students (I would hope) will discover these tips through trial and error over time. Why Should You Read This?

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

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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