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How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession

EntreArchitect

With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. Architecture is a profession like law and medicine.

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No More Starving Artist

EntreArchitect

With a twisted sense of pride, too many architects today accept the small firm stereotype of “starving artist”. Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. Architecture is a profession like law and medicine.

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The Architecture of Motherhood

EntreArchitect

What happens to women in architecture after they get out of school? Why is there such a gap between the percentages of gender representation shown from architectural school to licensure? 2] National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Where is the other 26%? Annual Report.NAAB. [2] NCARB by the numbers.

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Architectural Education Will Change Because The Way Architects Work Will Change

EntreArchitect

I believe architectural education needs to train architects to recognize and harness our innate desire to create. Architecture school need to teach architects how to better listen, communicate, as well as design. Anyone will be able to directly create buildings through software, no architect need apply. Its silly to say “Change.”

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The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto

EntreArchitect

In architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and art alone. “If If you want to make money”, they said, “quit now, take a walk across campus and enroll at the business school.”. I am Mark R. LePage and I am an Entrepreneur Architect.

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Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One

Life of an Architect

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. You might recognize Michael as the namesake principal of the firm where Bob and I now work.

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Mentoring the Young Architect Will Enrich and Strengthen Our Profession

EntreArchitect

All my Professors, fellow students, former employers and coworkers, family members, librarians, neighbors, long-time family friends, and even the friends I made who worked at the art supply store. Acknowledge the investment of architecture school and the exams by showing interest and support. Check him out at YoungArchitect.com.