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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

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. Having an architecture license is not a prerequisite to having a successful career in architecture.

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Interior Steel Wall Panels

Life of an Architect

It’s definitely not difficult and I thought I should show you what this sort of math looks like. It is our expectation that all the joints between panels will be tight but there will be some amount of expansion and contraction that must be accounted for during the installation process. It was because of the math involved.

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The legacy of deconstructivism "makes me want to retreat to the back of the room" says Bernard Tschumi

Deezen

It's the contraction between constructivism and deconstruction. But from that day, it's what was being built by the big corporation that was influenced by what was being done in the schools of architecture? Will the next style, or similar, come out of the architecture schools then rather than the practicing architects?

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Design Voice Podcast with Catherine Meng (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

I ended up applying to half architecture schools and then half liberal arts schools because part of me thought that I might want it to be like a comp lit major, but I ended up only getting into the architecture school. I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it.

Design 40
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The Ultimate List of ARE 5.0 Study Materials: Part 1

Young Architect

Old AIA Contracts . This series of exams really focuses on the soft skills of practicing architecture. Below is a one sentence definition of each exam: Practice Management (PcM) – Setting up and running an architecture business. . Project Management (PjM) – Managing an Architecture Project.

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Architectural Models | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I want to go to architecture school but I don’t really enjoy making models–the process is quite frustrating for me… should all aspiring architects be passionate about model making? We had college architectural interns make this model – they are in their model-making prime! link] Bob Borson no.

Architect 100
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Incremental Progress is the Key to Long-Term Success (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

I am not bad at math and architecture as we know, it’s not just about. I loved architecture school and never looked back. I had an amazing mentor at that contracting company. And so I applied to grad school after about four years of doing construction and went back to UVA for Grad school.