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

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Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Inside the mind of an architecture student

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Five years of a learning experience The mind of an architecture student is indeed a cauldron filled with fretting emotions, art, thought-provoking ideas, stories, and myriad experiences. Five years spent in an architecture school are nothing less than a roller-coaster that persuades you to find hidden values and varying purposes.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

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Being a successful architect takes more than creating a wonderful idea and presenting it to your client. I once had a phone call with an architecture student asking for advice. This would have been my favorite section when I was an architecture student. Entrepreneurship. Learn and avoid repeating these mistakes.

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A Case for Building Architectural Models

Life of an Architect

That’s what architecture students did, they built models. Fast forward 20 years and I look around and think: “What happened to all the architectural models?!? Assuming that your knee-jerk reaction as to why models aren’t built is because clients refuse to pay for them.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

If your school doesn’t put any sort of emphasis on sketching, burn an elective (or two) and take a class over in the arts building. Architectural Portfolio’s and their true purpose Architectural Sketching Taking the Architectural Registration Exam Do you want to be an Architect? How I believe in #13.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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David Leven and Stella Betts, the partners of the Manhattan based firm LEVENBETTS , seem to feel the same way judging by their playfully constructed name. Her Sustainable Housing Model would allow people to construct a highly modifiable house for as little as $8,000. Stella Betts. We love a good portmanteau.