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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Ten architecture and landscape projects by Academy of Art University

Deezen

The design aims to provide children with a warm place, help them regain their lost identities and give them a sense of belonging to a culture through the local architecture." "In Zhaoxing village, with the development of tourism, local inhabitants have returned to work in their hometowns.

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My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

Life of an Architect

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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Architectural Studio - 4 Questions | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Also, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time building basswood models, most of the students I talk to these days send their digital files to a laser cutter and have the pieces of their model cut for them. Do you know the true purpose of an architectural portfolio? . Not just with clients, but colleagues as well.

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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

It also helps me know which rolls of trace paper in the office are mine. I’ve come to believe that if you can sketch well enough to convey your ideas, our clients are the real winners. Travel sketchers and architecture students would all enjoy better success if they knew, say how to pull the pencil to keep an even lineweight.

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Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that! link] Bob Borson Of course!

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Kevin O'Brien, Sky Hopinka, and layers of meaning in the landscape

Portland Architecture

O'Brien, who like me was born in 1972 and turned 50 this year, spent a week here this fall as a Portland State University visiting lecturer, culminating in a student design workshop in October. A friend of mine, Morgan Neill, who is the deputy director at the National Museum of Australia, put this fantastic exhibition on it.

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