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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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Dear Future Architects – You need to Hear This

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Simply based on my inbox, there is a new batch of bright and shiny new future architects about to graduate and they are on the hunt for their future … hopefully in an office like mine. The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% Why Should You Read This? Why Should You Read This?

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On Case Studies

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The fact I included a case study chapter in Buildings in Print , as mentioned above, points to my appreciation of this sub-genre of architecture books but also to the role they have played in teaching architecture students, spreading knowledge around important works, and promoting architects and architecture within and beyond the profession.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

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Here it is – an unfolded 11″x17″ piece of paper … if your office is anything like mine, you have thousands of these laying about your space. Underdog Architecture Student What about the way to tear a straight piece off of a roll of trace? (I could you be any more excited?!?) This should fit in a 9 x 14.5

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

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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 did mine and everyone, including the teacher, thought my parents did it. I would suggest a third question, to complete the Venn diagram: What does the world need?

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