Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Young Architect

MAY 14, 2022

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. Having an architecture license is not a prerequisite to having a successful career in architecture.

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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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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2020

At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. Note: If you are reading this via email, click here to access the on-site audio player] . Note: If you are reading this via email, click here to access the on-site audio player] .

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2023

"We challenge students to create imaginative responses to spatial problems, which cut across architectural aspects of place, cultural and built heritage and recognise the design-related needs and identity of clients. The Bachelor of Architecture at ATU Sligo is Ireland's newest architecture programme.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 8, 2022

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Number 2 Your Projects from Architecture School are Silly September 4, 2014 Projects in architectural school tend to be somewhat outrageous – designing something to exist on the dark side of the moon isn’t all that unlikely. But what is the point of designing these incredibly odd and silly projects?

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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. This project sought to draw cues from the natural ecology of the surrounding site.

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Deezen

JULY 30, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a development informed by its site's layered history and an urban scheme for rewilding Oxford feature in Dezeen's latest school show by master's students at Oxford Brookes University. The Palimpsestic Market is a proposal based in Bath, UK that derives its identity from the site's complex heritage.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2022

Our reputation is reflected by our continued presence in the Domus listing of the top 50 Architecture Schools in Europe and our students and staff continue to win prestigious industry awards, including regular successes in the RIBA President's Medals.". The site is located within the old Cinque Port of Rye, East Sussex.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Top Ten Reasons to be an Architect If you have ever considered going into architecture, here is a list of reasons why you should consider becoming be an architect. This was the very first “Top Ten” list I ever wrote and in some ways, this is the most important article on my site. Almost 3 years? Who are these people?

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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. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. Allow interns to use the plotter and copier for school projects.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

/ Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Bob Borson — May 8, 2014 — 30 Comments A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Do you know the true purpose of an architectural portfolio? .

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

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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Shades of Grey

APRIL 30, 2021

I really enjoy looking back at the little sketches from my time training as a bricklayer and then working on building sites. Surviving on building sites was very challenging at first. At architecture school my classmates were mostly from a professional background and the south of England.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2022

Our reputation is reflected by our continued presence in the Domus listing of the top 50 Architecture Schools in Europe and our students and staff continue to win prestigious industry awards, including regular successes in the RIBA President's Medals.". The site is located within the old Cinque Port of Rye, East Sussex.

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2022

Also included is a pre-school village designed for children's wellbeing and a community hub that aims to provide clarity on climate change action. School: University for the Creative Arts. Courses: BA (Hons) Architecture and Master of Architecture. University for the Creative Arts. The Haaf Netters Rest by Jack Harding.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

"This thesis explores the role of architecture in Japan's depopulating rural areas, where ageing and urban migration have resulted in fragmented relationships within communities and their landscapes. The vacant schools – referred to as haik? Student: Zahra Falamarzi. Course: Master of Architecture (MArch).

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 15, 2016

I’m not sure that it’s that big a deal nowadays – and it would seem that most graduating architecture students don’t really know how to sketch based on the portfolio’s I’ve seen. I was pretty sure that I have spoken about this very topic before so I went and searched through my site.

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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. The grade of the project site fell off very rapidly – part of the reason that this very real site had never been built upon. Why the change of heart?

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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. I did not know any architects. Be Respectful.

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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. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. Allow interns to use the plotter and copier for school projects.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

Design your site as the starting point for an experience, not an online photo album of your favorite projects. In addition to valuable relevant content on your sites, Google uses high-value links back to your sites to determine their importance and placing your within their ranking system. Back to {Architecture} School.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 19, 2013

I found the jambox two years later in one of the other architecture school buildings, sitting there on a table as if that’s where I had left it the two years prior… … with no mix tape. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me. Following my casual advice is at your own peril.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 18, 2013

To date we have seen contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Graphic Designer Today we get a look into the bag of freelance designer/ consultant and electrician Lindy Weston (B.Envd., I have 3M in my bag at the moment. Alex Robert nice tools bag.

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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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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Just some food for thought … So let’s get to it – here are 5 Tips and Techniques that should improve your architectural sketches [ all the images Ive used in this post were collected off the Life of an Architect site and Instagram feed from the last 4 years. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. Like with school teaching us something new, we have to be ready to let design teach us as well.

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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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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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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Both Top Winners will also secure themselves a seat on next season’s competition jury, giving them the opportunity to review entries alongside the likes of James Wines on SITE, Amanda Ferber of Architecture Hunter , Bob Borson of Life of an Architect and more! Learn more and join 980K+ subscribers on 30X40’s YouTube channel.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2017

If you are an architectural student – or a young architecture school graduate – Architectural Portfolios are extremely important. Resumes are important, they can help you get an interview, but few people coming out of architecture school will ever get hired based on their zippy resume.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me. I have been on this site for a while and have closely followed your posts. If you come out of school with your Master’s degree, I would think that would be sufficient for you to move forward/ advance your career.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This includes anyone not registered to practice architecture in a U.S. or Canadian jurisdiction, graduates from NAAB-accredited programs, architecture students who acquire acceptable experience prior to graduation, and other qualified individuals identified by a registration board.”

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Life of an Architect

MAY 18, 2014

Both of us attended graduate school at the University of Calgary, studying architecture together. We’re passionate about art and design, both studying fine art at universities in Canada before heading off to architecture school. Our hobbies are strictly architecture… and more architecture.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

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. ” So I passed the most difficult part of architecture school to be an architect. Alan Manning Great!

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

You will get to do just about everything sooner rather than later – attend client meetings, contribute to the design, prepare construction drawings, organize and process bidding and negotiating information, and go to job sites. That last one almost deserves its own category.

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