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Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One

Life of an Architect

I am not at all unique in my academic knowledge or skill set; by the end of the second year of curriculum, every student in the UT School of Architecture has experience in Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, Grasshopper, Photoshop, Illustrator, and the basics of construction and building codes.

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My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

Life of an Architect

When I look at this project now, it makes me think of a highly refined architecture school project. The quality of contractor we typically were able to work with was extremely high. There are times when I think that working on these sorts of projects when I was younger didn’t do me any favors. It must be a lot.

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No challenge too small or too great

Architects Tales

Backing up a bit, when I graduated from architecture school, I returned to Wisconsin to look for a job with an architectural firm to continue my apprenticeship. My first love is still architecture. An Attorney Next. The economy was unfortunately in a slump and jobs were scarce. Jonathan was Henry’s brainchild.

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#ArchiSketch | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

thinking through sketching Hashtags used: #architectural #sketch #detail #whatanarchitectdoes. a different sort of teaching sketch … this one’s for the contractor Hashtags used: #sketch. Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist.

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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.

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Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects. Mine deserved a ribbon [link] Bridget Willard HA!

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Building with Structural Insulated Panels. or SIPs | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

While it might take several architects to move these panels into place ( see the second to last bullet point ), normally just two regular contractors can move them around just fine. You know how you can tell these guys are contractors? I tell the contractors and move on. I’m excited to continue to follow the project!

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