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The Culture of Architecture Needs an Overhaul, Part 1: The Necessity of Cultural Change

Architizer

Evelyn Lee is the Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, founder of Practice of Architecture , and co-host of the podcast, Practice Disrupted. She takes inspiration from her experience in tech and outside of the profession to reimagine practice operations for firms.

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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Invoicing clients, . Managing their clients and employees. Studying design from at one of the many great architecture programs is, in my (admittedly, biased) opinion, one of the greatest educations a person could get as well as an amazing industry to work in. Architecture School. Working on construction drawings.

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Until Proven Safe

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

With Until Proven Safe , they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world.

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5 Things I Learned from my First Interview

The Aspiring Architect

Thankfully (really, miraculously) I somehow got an internship offer after that interview, but I definitely knew I had some areas I needed to drastically improve. 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.

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The New Design Critics Next Door

Dwell

Load Bearing Column, a Toronto architect in his mid-20s, started making memes in 2017 during undergraduate architecture school, inspired by things that would come up in class, like, yes, load-bearing columns. In architecture firms, it’s more of a top-down hierarchy, and it’s predominantly white male," he says.

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Back to School: Marketing for Architects

EntreArchitect

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Back to School. summer is almost over and the kids are heading back to school.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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.