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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

EntreArchitect

When you are in the weeds of construction documents, RFI’s, AFP’s, and need a mind refresher, pick up Thinking Architecture. Tadao Ando Conversations With Students by Tadao Ando – Ando has always been one of my favorite architects since I “discovered” him at my undergrad architecture school library.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( I love that I have these documents, and I don’t think that having these in email form would allow the stories to contain the same sort of power. i like sketching, i dont like dealing with paints etc. Tim Barber Happy to see that my school Va. it was great.

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. Big thick black walls look great in parti diagrams.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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 would suggest a third question, to complete the Venn diagram: What does the world need? I know I believe it.

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