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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Landscape Site Technology Technology 107

Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in studio. That’s where the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) comes in. The book has a full page of info for every architecture school in North America. Visit Each Architecture Graduate School .

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The Aspiring Architect

APRIL 25, 2019

Thankfully (really, miraculously) I somehow got an internship offer after that interview, but I definitely knew I had some areas I needed to drastically improve. For example, during my 4 th year of architecture school, I was the VP of Communications for my sorority. Definitely not enough to get me hired based on it alone.

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Young Architect

MAY 22, 2022

Architecture Career? Pursuing an architecture career was definitely the best decision I have ever made in my life. It’s the point of architecture school and the licensing process. Young Architect. 10 Reasons Why It’s For YOU. All Architects are Generalists by default.

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2022

The Guggenheim was also the project that launched the age of the architectural icon which saw cities and even nations realise the importance of architecture in shaping their image and improving their economic fortunes.

Deconstruction 131

Deconstruction Architecture Remodeling Modern 131

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It’s definitely not difficult and I thought I should show you what this sort of math looks like. Go to architecture school, do the work – get a tutor if you need one – and come out on the other side. As tingly as I get over this sort of thing, this is not actually why I decided to write this post today.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in design studio. That’s where the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) comes in. For me, Guide to Architecture Schools was worth its weight in gold. The Bottom Line With Finding School of Architecture.

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Community Architect

APRIL 28, 2023

This definition closely tracks the concept of social resilience and its relation to space. Some plans with great long-term potential, such as urban manufacturing, can benefit from this flexible planning environment. In one place it is described as "human interaction, creation of denser urban spaces and enabling social interaction.”

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Government Students Cities Transportation 83

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. And they are mostly simple equations, but it definitely helps if you can do them in your head and on the fly. (and

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Shades of Grey

APRIL 30, 2021

Don’t have all the answers yet, but definitely making progress. At architecture school my classmates were mostly from a professional background and the south of England. Can I evolve a system that works consistently for different bonding patterns and wall thicknesses?

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 15, 2016

Sketching is really important, and it’s definitely something you should be working on … but it isn’t the most important. Presentation skills are far more important than anybody in school actually realizes. It must be Presentation Skills … right?

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Sketching Architect Technique Architecture Student 75

Stephen B Chambers Architects

AUGUST 16, 2016

I learned to design in architecture school using freehand sketching and manual drafting. Often, I look down at the blank piece of paper without a definite sense of what the design wants to be. And though others in my profession often use computers to assist their design, I still begin with the sketch…by hand.

Art 52

Art Sketching Events Installation 52

Life of an Architect

AUGUST 26, 2018

Mazzy Star, with haunting lead vocals from Hope Sandoval, came into modest success in the very late 1980’s – the perfect time for me as this was the height of my “working up at studio 10-hours a day” period of architecture school.

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Architecture School Commercial IT Innovation 52

Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

I’ve heard that architecture majors “have no social life” is that true? Part of this is a response to what your definition of “no social life” means. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I look at this project now, it makes me think of a highly refined architecture school project. And by “highly refined”, I mean that there are drawings that someone could use to actually build this project … as evidenced by the fact that someone DID actually build this project.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

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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Deezen

MAY 23, 2022

There is also a very important figure in that group, it's Frank Gehry, who is definitely quite another generation, but who had the circumstances of being in California in a place where it seems never to rain, never to snow, and therefore you can build anything that like spontaneously. At that time, everybody is testing and exploring.

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Deconstruction Modern Concept Architect 113

EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

So, as the bright yellow school buses hit the streets, let us go back to school ourselves and learn what it takes to get noticed in this noisy world. It’s their understanding of who we are as architects and a definition of what we do. Sharon George – Architecture By George (@sharonraigeorge). Back to School?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Architecture students should definitely travel … I think every student should do some traveling. 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.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

She told me that she was finishing architecture school to prove a professor wrong that said she shouldn’t do it. I apologize for interrupting, but those are the ones that made it through because there are so many that probably hit that barrier in architecture school and said, I’m not dealing with this.

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Project Small Firm Students Information 40

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Design Architects , architectural technology , design Just do what I tell you KHouse Modern - Progress. link] Janine Pot You definitely weren’t exaggerating when you called it the mother lode, thanks for sharing! It was a big inspiration to me during architecture school.

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Architecture Sketching Students Events 111

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

But what if you aren’t a Texas Architect, and definitely not one. October 18th, 2012 “so what’s the architects preferred consumption sequence with these M&M’s? link] Bob Borson anybody can play along – we’re friendly that way. Kerry Hogue about the M&M’s. looks like they go at once.

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Sketching Architect IT Site 94

Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

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. Derek Fordé I’m definitely a dreamer.

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IT Art Architect Architecture 111

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2016

So for today’ post, I risked certain diabetes and put together the definitive list of Halloween candy worth eating. You’d better believe it, but you have to go to architecture school to learn what that order is. The disgusting green bits notwithstanding, Skittles are a definitely a crowd pleaser.

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Housing Architecture School IT Development 80

Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

I often wonder how much sketching gets used when you reach the “real world” My architecture school puts very heavy emphasis on learning sketching and hand drawing skills. Depending on the architecture school themselves, hand drafting and sketching may be a big part of it or barely existent.

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Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

On site, the method of identifying the panels is definitely old school – a fat magic marker with the panel tag written on the exterior face. Pingback: Modern Window Detail - The CHouse Modern | Life of an Architect Rebecca Since we learned about SIPs in school, I’ve wondered why they aren’t used more often.

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Structure Building Architect Construction 100

Dwell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Load Bearing Column, a Toronto architect in his mid-20s, started making memes in 2017 during undergraduate architecture school, inspired by things that would come up in class, like, yes, load-bearing columns. Shifting the culture has been my interest from the beginning." I wouldn’t say memes could actually cause any social change.

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Design Industrial Architecture School Inspiration 144

EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

When I was in architecture school, Neil Denari was my inspiration. We’re pretty far behind and I think things, things definitely need to change, the way that we work in the way that we think about our work as well. So yeah, I think definitely pay yourself first. He is a currently a designer at Neil M.

Finances 52

Finances Small Firm Management Real Estate 52

Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. Always look for the positive architectrunnerguy Amazingly during my whole 5 years of architectural school (Va. Building with Structural. oh well, it was drafted well.

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Architect Architecture Students Mining 101

EntreArchitect

APRIL 25, 2017

Sharing Architecture With Kids. If you’re anything like me, my guess is that you loved your time in architecture school. You get to use your talents and develop it with loose abandon, explore your interests and learn all about design and architecture – one of the coolest fields in the world. What’s not to love?

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In this case, the correct definition is “complete shock” The brief says: “To be preserved the evacuation exits of the existing building.” The second option, to go through the Main Hall, is also absurd. Ensuring a quick and easy evacuation of the audience is one of the most important requirements in the brief.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college? ” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college?” or are in the process of completing it.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

But publicly admitting that I feel that way would make me a jerk … it definitely makes me feel like a jerk. 1) What is the number one thing you think I can do prior to entering architectural school that would benefit me in school and in a career?) That will also make me feel terrific. Do you want to be an Architect?

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2019

For me, I definitely went old school on this process … I did it by hand. The four of us all graduated from architecture school together but have since scattered to all corners of the US (this was the first time we have all been all together in the same place since 1992).

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Sketching Architecture Mining Technology 81

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. I definitely still want to be an architect though no matter how long it takes. link] Bob Borson Thanks Kerry.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

Graeme K You mentioned that your blog is getting young people excited about becoming an architect; I’m now weeks away from completing my final year in architecture school in Scotland and there have been many late nights and moments of doubt throughout. link] Bob Borson Goals are definitely important.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2017

If you are an architectural student – or a young architecture school graduate – Architectural Portfolios are extremely important. Resumes are important, they can help you get an interview, but few people coming out of architecture school will ever get hired based on their zippy resume.

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