Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
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.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Granted, not all buildings should have a book devoted to them, but definitely more than have been given the case-study treatment. The essay continues for seven more images or pairs of images that trace the site's historical uses, its conversion to a training centre, and its potential in influencing future preservation projects.
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Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 30, 2013
If the set of drawings is approaching the 100+ mark definitely rolling is the way to go. Underdog Architecture Student What about the way to tear a straight piece off of a roll of trace? (I I never folded too many drawings before working in the UK for a while where the office I worked in and the norm was to fold drawings.
Life of an Architect
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
I’m a 20 year old architecture student from India and I do believe I’m going through an identity crisis, right in the midst of my submissions too! I definitely still want to be an architect though no matter how long it takes. There are so many roles for people who have received an architectural education to play.
The Architect's Guide
APRIL 8, 2021
The Architecture Reference & Specification Book updated & revised: Everything Architects Need to Know Every Day. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. The Architecture of Community. By Julia McMorrough. Buy on Amazon. By Leon Krier.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
AUGUST 21, 2023
No wonder his website sells prints of his architectural imagery — and no wonder this monograph is saturated with the same, sure to woo architects and architecture students too young to remember the nineties. Such size often means, at least in terms of architectural monographs, a business-like approach over an artistic one.
Life of an Architect
NOVEMBER 27, 2017
In what has become an annual “must write” post, I present to you THE definitive list of “What to Get an Architect for Christmas.” If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it. 360 pages of photos, diagrams, the evolution of the museum over time, and much more.
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