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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

I’ve been around the architectural block more times than I care to admit at this stage of my career and I have learned a few things along the way. One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. Why the change of heart?

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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

Life of an Architect

Architects – Getting Your First Job Getting your first job in an architecture school is more about who you are than what you can do. 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.

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California Baptist University presents 11 architecture projects

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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.

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University of Waterloo spotlights 10 architecture projects

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"The Master of Architecture degree assists students in growing and enhancing their knowledge in areas of design, history, theory, building technology, media, methods and professional practice. Finding a New Commons: Re-Inhabiting the School in Post-Urban Japan by Julia Nakanishi. "The Student: Zahra Falamarzi.

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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Now that I’ve been at this “architect” thing for a little while, I can look back at my sketches, all the way back to my time in school, and see how my sketch technique has evolved and how that technique has shaped my architectural solutions. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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I Want to be an Architect, Where Do I Start?

Life of an Architect

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. So, presentation skills are incredibly important … but no, that isn’t it either.

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Oxford Brookes University presents 16 architecture master's projects

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"Nature encroaches into the structure and creates an architecture that both people and wildlife can inhabit. The project investigates the materiality of thatch and its habitat creation possibilities for wildlife within architecture.". Student: Ashling Wall. Course: Applied Design in Architecture MArchD.

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