Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. What’s stood the test of time in my practice?

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Architizer

APRIL 7, 2022

Nowadays, the city remains home to preeminent architectural schools such as UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Education 98

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 11, 2022

Jahrhunderts , edited by Conrads and published in English by MIT Press as Programs and Manifestoes on 20th-Century Architecture in 1971; the book is a staple of history/theory classes in architecture school, one I still have in my library.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It’s home to the school’s College of Engineering , architecture school, performing arts school, and several residence halls. Meanwhile, the students of the University of Michigan can try out the swings or kick off shoes for a game of sand volleyball. Responding to the incoming wave of students from the G.I.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

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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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Organized by AIA Dallas since 1974, KRob has awarded prizes to works that best represent the artistic qualities of architecturally inspired drawings created digitally or by hand. This competition is a big deal and there are typically hundreds of entries from all over the world from both professionals, students and all points in between.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

After getting into architecture school, one of the first things you learn is that the profession requires a lot of sacrifices and many years in order to reach success. During studies, students are mostly taught separately about spatial organization, the basics of structural design, and, perhaps, energy efficiency.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. I am afraid that the schools of architecture have become schools of design.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 24, 2014

Instead of recapping the course or giving a final exam, I share with my students a presentation titled Advice as You Finish School and Start to Practice. Advice as You Finish School and Start to Practice. Get to know everyone in the Architecture community and allied fields (all ages and experience levels). Be patient.

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Architecture Education Firms Sustainability 40

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. I once had a phone call with an architecture student asking for advice. Entrepreneurship.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the “real” world with the ability to hold a pen, pencil, paintbrush – whatever – and work through their ideas, explore concepts, or sit across from a client and communicate through drawings. [T Whats your guess. Pingback: Sketching.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20% profit on that project? Modern technology does the heavy lifting, so it’s easy to get things right. She dedicated countless hours to mentoring black underprivileged high school students all year round in the NAACP ACT-SO program.

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ArchiDiaries

MAY 24, 2022

Jakub graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at the Czech Technical University in Prague with his Dubnica nad Váhom revitalization project, supervised by professor Ivan Kroupa. From 2003 to 2004, he completed his international student internship at The Tampere University of Technology in Finland.

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Architizer

JUNE 9, 2023

The end of the Pinochet regime was an important moment for architecture in Chile, leading to a boom in architecture schools and a broader curriculum. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It isn’t unreasonable to think an intern would be far more knowledgeable than the licensed architect, sitting just a few feet over, in some of the various methods and technologies that architectural firms employ. This includes anyone not registered to practice architecture in a U.S.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Miyake was an innovator who embraced both craft and technology, using a range of materials and fabric manipulation techniques to create his pioneering fashion collections. The trio met while studying together at The Bartlett School of Architecture, where they produced ground-breaking films exploring the future of architecture and technology.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

It reads: The complimentary advice provided on ‘Life of an Architect’ is based on an abbreviated examination of the minimal facts given, not the typical extensive (and sometimes exhaustive) analysis I conduct when working with my clients. I was the welder with a BA in history trying to switch careers to architecture.

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e-architect

APRIL 3, 2023

It’s a project that works incredibly hard in a tight site and our adaptable design not only supports the curriculum but builds on our own experience as architects to improve the health and well-being for students and staff alike.

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Masterplanning Consulting Roofing Structural Engineering 51

EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

Modern technology does the heavy lifting, so it’s easy to get things right. I’m older than you, so my parents were of the greatest generation and they, for whatever reason parents did in those days, shipped me up to Buffalo, New York for high school where I played football and was an okay student. Duo Dickinson.

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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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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

You will get to do just about everything sooner rather than later – attend client meetings, contribute to the design, prepare construction drawings, organize and process bidding and negotiating information, and go to job sites. Everyone has to seek their own satisfiers and that is the great thing about architecture.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 18, 2014

I’m studying Architectural Technology. Designer : Steve Jordan – Dallas, Texas, USA Bio : Graphic Designer that often looks back and wishes I had majored in Landscape Architecture… I do a lot of meat smoking in the backyard… My approach will be to design a playhouse that I would like to have in my own garden.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

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. But that’s not really the entire story is it?

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

Modern technology does the heavy lifting, so it’s easy to get things right. She has lectured on her research and has been a guest critic at Northeastern University, Boston Architectural College, and University of Virginia, UC Berkeley, Harvard, GSD, you name it. I loved architecture school and never looked back.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

the costs of student loans, and general costs of living, and then compare them to the income of a young architect it is ridiculous! While optional they are almost a necessity to be and stay informed and visible to colleagues and prospective clients. The current formatting, technology aside, has to have an effect on participation.

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Architizer

JULY 4, 2023

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Architecture Quote

JULY 16, 2020

Where do architectural firms find their potential customers, how do they meet, and what does the architecture market look like in these places? For countless decades, architecture firms have been dependent on word-of-mouth tactics. Factors affecting Danish market Technological. Social Factors in German Market.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

All of this information would be used to create a visual presentation for the client – powerpoint presentations, wall prints and brochures would be typical formats. This will continue from the next conceptual stages and beyond. However, one thing that’s bothered me through this whole impeccable website is “your.”

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