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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

Life of an Architect

The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% The practice of architecture is more than sketching on trace paper, parti diagrams, deciding what pens to draw with, groupies, and last-minute trips to Vegas. Maybe you shouldn’t be in architecture school … you don’t have what it takes.

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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

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The work involved in setting up your design firm can be overwhelming and 99% of it was never taught to you in school. How to Build and Maintain a Strong Client Base for Your A/E Firm by PSMJ – Several years ago I met PSMJ founder Frank Stasiowski at an AIA conference after he gave a presentation.

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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. ( 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. Tim Barber Happy to see that my school Va.

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Graphics / Graphic Standards Graphic Standards Bob Borson — October 21, 2013 — 99 Comments How an architect draws is a reflection of many things – you can frequently tell the priorities of a firm just by looking at the quality of their drawings. But that’s not really the entire story is it?

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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. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing.

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Motivation - and why it's important | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Rainy Sundays are great days to sketch and work out problems in your head…even if you’re half watching Man of Steel while doing so… Kerry Hogue Man of Steel is the exact movie my one son and I watched this past rainy Sunday! instead of moping about as planned i shall produce another diagram for my project!

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