Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

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? Hope to see you in 2015!

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This week, I am sharing blogging duties with a friend and active supporter of Entrepreneur Architect. He is the founder of Young Architect, a blog featuring articles about design, the architecture registration exam , entrepreneurship, and his journey as a young architect. The Worst Job I Ever Had – and the Most Important.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I can barely tolerate addition and subtraction so sorting through all the financial data my firm has collected and trying to make sense of it was literally like death from a thousand paper cuts. When I was coming out of school, I didn’t think owning a firm or running a business … it literally never crossed my mind.

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The Aspiring Architect

APRIL 25, 2019

But let me set the table for you… Here I was in my 4 th year of architecture interviewing for my first internship at a firm I was really excited about. Being able to speak well and capture an audience with your story is such a vital skill that is an asset to every firm. I mean, it was so clear I was nervous it was embarrassing.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Podcasts (an episodic digital series of audio or video files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device) are a great way to learn the lessons about business that many of us lacked during architecture school. Please share a link in the comments so everyone may check them out.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

is a design and manufacturing company specializing in sculpture, architectural features and commercial products Joe McCall – A noted and reputable designer with over 23 AIA award-winning buildings to his credit, there are so many accolades that you can share about Joe that they are too numerous to list.

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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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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

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’s kinda freaky to be honest. I actually prefer it to AutoCAD.

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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. Today, I practice law with the firm of Carlton Fields. Ellickson.

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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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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph Monday.

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DesignRulz

JULY 11, 2023

Are you just getting started in the architecture field? The journey from architecture school into the real world can be quite scary. There are questions like ‘Which firm Should I work with?’, Here, we present the top 4 architecture writing tips to help you enhance your capabilities of architecture writing.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2015

A great deal of architectural education is about seeing the world through a lens of aesthetic sensibility and how to take what we see and insert strategies that bring balance and harmony. The awareness of the environment, both natural and built, is hyper sensitively present in most architect’s day to day perception of the world.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As an attendee of architecture school in Canada and the Glenn Murcutt Masters Class in Australia, and a designer who has worked in Thailand, China, Japan, Germany, and the US, I’ve strived to create meaningful architectural work and improve communities worldwide. Tips on how to get global . By Lucas Gray.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. I recall one jury in particular from my sophomore year watching one of my classmates walk up to her drawings that were pinned on the wall and prepare to present her work. Building with Structural.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I suppose that this seems fortuitous to some people but there were times when this presented serious complications. 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.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Home / Graphics / Graphic Standards Graphic Standards Bob Borson — October 21, 2013 — 99 Comments How an architect draws is a reflection of many things – you can frequently tell the priorities of a firm just by looking at the quality of their drawings. But that’s not really the entire story is it? I like them.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

A_Russell My firm has done a few residential projects using SIP’s. Just did a lab in architecture school haha, wouldn’t understood this in the slightest a week ago, but now i totally get it, funny how you can apply education to real life just george funny how you can apply real life experience to education…yes?

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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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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

Our free course profit for small firm architects right now at EntreArchitect.com/freecourse. As a small firm entrepreneur architect, this is Episode 229 and this week I’m speaking with an architect, writer, podcaster, and so much more. And one is stylistically defaulting to a high modernist fine arts architecture.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

In 2012, the Texas Society of Architects agreed to put together a task force to examine the Architectural Licensing Exam (ARE) and the Intern Development Program (IDP) process and propose changes for a simpler, more efficient system. I have read the report myself several times over and the data presented in it is both remarkable and alarming.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 13, 2014

I am frequently asked to tell the story behind how this blog got started and why I continue to write. … 600 blog posts?!?” finals time at architecture school frequently gets overwhelming and i felt like giving up on everything. Sometimes the best thing to do is to kick back and enjoy the present.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

That project was the first opportunity I had to exist on my own as a professional, it gave me the confidence and understanding I could do this for myself and set me on a path to starting my own firm. Dar Williams – End of the Summer I discovered Dar Williams about the time I started my firm. Sterling Audrey just made my day.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

For the past twelve weeks, we’ve explored every element required for a successful architecture firm. I’ve been continuously improving my firm’s project management system since we launched in 1999. Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Architect: Aldo van Eyck completed 1960 A beauty not in the mystic and distant sense, but in the attainable and present sense. His architecture is not swayed by the International Style or the new and boisterous design paradigm–no, it adheres to no common set of rules, but that which Gaudi believed nature intended.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 9, 2014

When I first graduated, the firm I worked for specialized in retail store prototyping and (to a certain extent) roll-out of that prototype. Working at a small firm that did work around the country meant that my boss traveled quite a bit. The brief amount of time I spent in a large firm, I basically worked on 1 project at a time.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

One of the items in that post was the list “ Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm ” which is somewhat biased because I didn’t really represent the benefits to working in a large architectural firm. about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect?

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