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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Invoicing clients, . Managing their clients and employees. Sure, sometimes designing and drawing pretty pictures are part of an Architect’s day, but that’s really just a very small piece of every project. Architecture School. Unlike school, time and money sometimes dictate the design of the project.

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ARCHITECTURE EDUCATION (The Internship)

Lines on Paper

The aim is to expose the student to the practical realities of ‘practice’; to learn about dealing with people - consultants, clients and colleagues; to keep deadlines and work in a structured environment for a regular number of hours a day. When put this way, it doesn't sound very interesting or educational at all.

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What’s the Best Testing Order for ARE 5.0?!?

Young Architect

Think: Business of Architecture. The moment a client signs that contract, you now have a project. Think: Investigation (not design). Project Planning and Design Exam (PPD). Now you’ll start moving into design and schematic designs of sites and buildings. Project Management Exam (PjM).

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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Our complete Pre-Design Client Questionnaire template is included with your purchase of our Foundations: Business Forms and Checklists for Architects package. It’s the document that we use at my firm to gather much of this important information from our clients. Listen carefully. Estimate often. Tweet This! ).

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Weaving international work into your architecture career

EntreArchitect

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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Entrepreneur Architect Academy 012 | My 10 Rules for Better Project Management

EntreArchitect

I tell clients that we could design a successful project with nothing more than a scope of work and site plan. This is true, but it is only after listening to our clients hopes, needs and dreams that we can take each project to its pinnacle. The quickest way to an unhappy client is to design a project beyond their budget.

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What Is The Best ARE 5.0 Exam Order?

Young Architect

PPD and PDD both test many of the same topics, however each exam looks at a different phase during design. . PPD is all about everything that happens during the schematic design phase of the project. People say to themselves: I know a little bit about this stuff; I learned a lot of this stuff in architecture school.