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Becoming an Architect: What You’ll Need to Know

Young Architect

Reviewing the work of contractors, so they can get paid, . A 2 hour design meeting translated into 11 months of execution and a lot of work for many people. . Architecture school is often about examining information and using that information to creatively find solutions to problems. . Working on construction drawings.

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Letters of an Architect: Lessons from my Best Projects

Community Architect

As a step towards the schematic design refinements, my boss had prepared 6' long pencil-drawn and marker-colored large-scale wall sections on narrow sketch paper strips that showed how everything should fit together. There were no design directors, project managers, drafters, accountants or spec writers.

Project 81