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. Deciding to write this blog has in many ways become a watershed moment for me in my career.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Your blog is the now part of my daily digest.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects. Which would explain why I’m at this blog.

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Architects Tales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

31 for the blog, www.architects-tales.com, Copyrighted 2019 by Dale R. Backing up a bit, when I graduated from architecture school, I returned to Wisconsin to look for a job with an architectural firm to continue my apprenticeship. I discovered that two of them – JR and Charles King – were enrolled in law school.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

Andrew Hawkins – past President of AIA Brazos Chapter, and the owner of Hawkins Architecture – a very successful firm based in College Station, Texas. The Promise Playhouse Designer : Jovin Lim – Champion Lakes, Western Australia, Australia Bio : I am a26 year old student just about to finish my Bachelor’s in Architecture.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, … you’ll be prepared for what to expect should you actually become a summer intern in an architectural office. And no, school teaches you zero about being an architect. I really enjoy the personal contact I have with my Clients/Owners, contractors and tradespeople. Ann Agreed.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

They asked me many questions, but the one concern they had more than any other was what they should do to land their first job in architecture. I shared my thoughts and told them to watch the blog for a post on the subject. Here is my guide to landing your first job in architecture. So, here it is… a promise fulfilled.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

His latest book, A Home called New England with Steve Colepepper was just published just this past November. And so back then, you know, the bachelor of architecture degree was it, that was the professional degree and the master’s was for teaching people.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

While it might take several architects to move these panels into place ( see the second to last bullet point ), normally just two regular contractors can move them around just fine. You know how you can tell these guys are contractors? I tell the contractors and move on. I’m excited to continue to follow the project!

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EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

When I was in architecture school, Neil Denari was my inspiration. The same goes for tracking time, managing expenses, collaborating with contractors, and viewing financial reports. So give Freshbooks books, try it’s free for 30 days, just visit EntreArchitect.com/Freshbooks. He is a currently a designer at Neil M.

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