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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Be a participant in developing your education – nobody can read your mind and know what you want. As the son of an educator, I feel confident when I tell you your professor not only wants you to succeed, they want you to be the best – ask questions and ask for help. Don’t worry if you’re not good at all of them.

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Drafts that might be “Better Left for Dead”

Life of an Architect

I meant for this post to be about the design process and how the thing that separates me (and all educated design professionals) from other people is that we can design things for other people, that are clearly articulated and logical, even if I don’t care for the problem I am solving.

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Architectural Portfolios

Life of an Architect

If you are an architectural student – or a young architecture school graduate – Architectural Portfolios are extremely important. Just remember that the first version of Photoshop 1.0 Manipulating digital images for college students just wasn’t an option.