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Architectural Education Will Change Because The Way Architects Work Will Change

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I believe architectural education needs to train architects to recognize and harness our innate desire to create. Architecture school need to teach architects how to better listen, communicate, as well as design. School connects those who want to do things with how to do them in any discipline. Its silly to say “Change.”

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The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto

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In architecture school, we each had a professor who told us that architecture should be practiced for the art and art alone. “If If you want to make money”, they said, “quit now, take a walk across campus and enroll at the business school.”. The following is an introduction to The Entrepreneur Architect Manifesto. .

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Get your practice on a fast track through technology

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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. For instance, the majority of entry-level work in architecture includes largely non-design-related activities. Technology can help. Sacrifice and Patience.

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5 Podcasts Every Entrepreneur Architect Should Be Following

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Podcasts (an episodic digital series of audio or video files subscribed to and downloaded through web syndication or streamed online to a computer or mobile device) are a great way to learn the lessons about business that many of us lacked during architecture school. This one is well worth the time while its still available.

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Letter To My Beloved Profession (Guest Post)

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1 – Starting at the academic level, the architecture schools’ curriculum of the 21st century need to include collaboration with contractors, developers and business owners. 2 – After graduation, the newly minted architectural intern should enter a dedicated network of architecture firms. LEED AP BD+C.

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My 12 Rules for Landing Your First Job in Architecture

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Being unique got me noticed in the very noisy world of architecture internship. Today, graduates of architecture school have it even rougher than us “kids” of the 90s. Technology is allowing small firms to work remotely with flexible “virtual” teams. Firm leaders are busier than ever.

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5 Steps to Unleash the Significant Power of Sleep

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Over a decade ago, The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) developed standards for a healthy studio culture, which architecture schools would be required to meet in order to achieve accreditation. Could it get any worse?