Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

That’s a long time to work at developing the skills it takes to practice architecture. … kids will take a chance. And we are running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make and the result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities. Am I right?

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

With that in mind, many things about Stern’s early years in Brooklyn struck a note with me – his upbringing, his religion, his family’s immigration – but none more so than the story of his invasion, at the age of 15, of the office, on New York City’s Madison Avenue, of the mega-developer William Zeckendorf.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 2, 2015

So, now that I was 5 and my future was all mapped out thanks to a piece of wood, clearly I spent my formative years studying the architectural masters, sketching, building models, playing with concrete and 2×4’s. Would you be surprised to learn that I struggled a lot that first year?

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Architects Tales

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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. All of us worked for Henry McKnight, a real estate developer and former Minnesota state senator. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 5] The U.S.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 16, 2017

The Club House Designer : Eloy Diaz Prado (Delicias, Mexico) Bio : I just graduated Architecture school (technically was a year ago). Most of my portfolio has involved educational facilities, with a smattering of industrial, administrative, and residential projects mixed in.

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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. The final level, wisdom, occurs when multiple knowledge structures are developed and deepened. Sacrifice and Patience.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The model that I thought I would show today is for a residential project we currently have in development. I asked Michael Malone and his response was pretty simple: “The house is pretty large and this model was an ongoing study model to review the interior spaces and material unit sizes as the project is being developed.”

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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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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. Thoroughly enjoyed your foray into career education, something woefully lacking in the US today [always has been too].

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

Everything I do on the site here is intended to provide some sort of insight or education. I used to think the only thing an architect did was draft a pencil sketch of what was going to be built. Goals are important in personal and professional development. Stopping by your blog has on many occasions inspired me to keep going.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

If the business failed, I would keep those skills: WordPress development, writing, publishing, blogging, marketing, e-mail list management, e-commerce, copywriting are, valuable by any measure in today’s economy. For each day I develop a list of the three (specific) things that will move my business forward.

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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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Community Architect

DECEMBER 17, 2020

What mobile and temporary modular units exist and how could the US support developing nations with spatial solutions? That immersion evolved into the architecture school whose alumni have worked on important Frank Lloyd Wright designs including Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum. The events remain free to view for everyone.

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