A Better Built Environment
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
It was rarely heard in architectural school or during design studio critiques. Discussions revolved around function, choreography, concept, diagrams, but rarely what the building looked like. when architecture reached modern times, the very word beauty became taboo. Why Is The Modern World So Ugly? Probably not.
Life of an Architect
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
All that notwithstanding, this is an important article for architecture students and their parents to read. It talks about the process – maybe even the realization – of what it takes to get through architecture school. If you’re a client – I’m here to tell you that you want it.
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Life of an Architect
JANUARY 18, 2015
Evan Troxel, Architect The architecture school I went to required Trigonometry to get my degree. I took it in high school and loved it; it was pretty easy for me as I always did very well in all of my math classes. There are few stronger parallels to all the the variables in the Builder-Architect-Client dynamic.
EntreArchitect
JUNE 6, 2017
Being a successful architect takes more than creating a wonderful idea and presenting it to your client. The work involved in setting up your design firm can be overwhelming and 99% of it was never taught to you in school. The success of every architectural project comes down to relationships. Entrepreneurship.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
No matter how often they are decried as passé, endangered , or even dead, monographs persevere as one of the best means of presenting a firm's built and unbuilt works and for marketing the same to new clients. Spread from Juha Leiviskä 2000–2022 , courtesy of bookm-ark.fi
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Life in General , Observations , Travel a day in the life , about bob , Architecture School , bob borson , Travel , traveling Graphic Standards heard around the. too funny reading what had been important to me back then, with little diagrams explaining things too.
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. It becomes easier to tell the client “No, that’s crap and I’m not designing it that way!”
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