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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

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After responding to a hopeful architect on Dwell.com I decided to flesh out my answer and include more books. Naturally there is some overlap and some of these books could fit in multiple headings, this is architecture after all. Covey – This is a universally loved book by people in every field.

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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Monographs are an unavoidable part of architecture books.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I thought I would pull some out and share them to show just how different things were back in 1990 - No internet … Research meant going to an actual library and sorting through the card catalog and the Dewey Decimal system so you could pull out books. Tim Barber Happy to see that my school Va. No email … you wrote letters.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. It becomes easier to tell the client “No, that’s crap and I’m not designing it that way!”

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. Big thick black walls look great in parti diagrams.

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Motivation - and why it's important | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Life in General / Motivation – and why it’s important Motivation – and why it’s important Bob Borson — April 14, 2014 — 27 Comments It’s Sunday morning, it’s raining outside, I’m really tired, and the consensus around the house is to lay about, read books and watch television.

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Architects and their Deserted Island Music | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Aindriú Ó Murchú Takk – Sigur Rós Felt Mountain – Goldfrapp Ágætis byrjun – Sigur Rós A Different Kind of Fix – Bombay Bicycle Club ( ) – Sigur Rós Mark Mc Swain So, how long until we get to the “Five Books” version of this question? i find instrumental music the best to concentrate on hand drafting.