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Photoshop for Architecture Guide | Important Photoshop Tips

Architecture Lab

If you are an architecture student, then chances are that you are already expected to know Photoshop. While architecture schools teach students about a number of software programs like AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, and V-Ray, they often do not teach about Photoshop. But that might not be true!

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? The person with the most skills typically wins.

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23 Daily Struggles Only Architectural Renderers Understand

Architizer

Now that technology is commonplace in both architecture school and professional practice, perhaps the days of design headaches are over? While the advancement of tech in architecture has brought with it countless benefits related to practical efficiencies and creative innovation, things are by no means perfect. In our dreams.

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“22 Gordon Street” Reimagines the Bartlett School as a Monstrous Manifestation of Architectural Experimentation

Architizer

The top Student Prize went to Christian Coackley for “22 Gordon Street” — a mysterious and detailed reimagining of UCL’s famous Bartlett School of Architecture building (where the artist is currently enrolled). 22 Gordon Street: In its first iteration as Wates House (1975), and later as The Bartlett (2016). . “The

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Do I Have to Be an Artist to Be an Architect?

The Student Architect

So many people feel the same as you do, and many of them let those thoughts get in the way of pursuing their dream to study architecture. Let's make one thing clear—architecture school isn't art school. Of course, it does, but there's so much more to architecture than drawing a pretty picture. Try collaging!

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Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One

Life of an Architect

Or, at least now you’re wondering how, since I literally just told you about that… Being from Frisco, TX (a 15-year-old suburb city with 500 sports fields and nearly as many schools), I had some pretty unique opportunities as a high school student. There are at least a thousand more me’s out there, looking for a gig like mine.

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Architectural Portfolios

Life of an Architect

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.