EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As an attendee of architecture school in Canada and the Glenn Murcutt Masters Class in Australia, and a designer who has worked in Thailand, China, Japan, Germany, and the US, I’ve strived to create meaningful architectural work and improve communities worldwide. Bring something to the table.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and let me tell you about architecture in the “ real ” world. One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world. I was still in architecture school as everyone else graduated.

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Portland Architecture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Doug Minarik ( Minarik Architecture ). . And with a succession of writing assignments following a slow pandemic, my posts to this blog have been too seldom lately. And for much of this year I'd been meaning to invite architect Doug Minarik of Minarik Architecture to become our next guest. BY BRIAN LIBBY.

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Architecture Chat

JANUARY 9, 2021

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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SW Oregon Architect

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA (photo by Codera23, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) An earlier blog entry of mine, “ Genealogy of Influence ,” promised a series of posts about the architects and theorists who influenced my architectural world view. This is the latest post in the series. As I write this it is Super Bowl Sunday.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph Monday.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 29, 2022

the first hero of the classical revival, who founded and presided for many years over the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, and whose pathbreaking 1959 book on modern architecture taught many that classical architecture was not dead. The Reed award was named for the arch-classicist Henry Hope Reed Jr., This is sad.

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Archmark

APRIL 6, 2023

Taking the Guesswork Out of Social Media for Architects What social media platforms to choose for your architecture firm and how to use them A strong social media presence is essential for any business in today’s digital world - and the architecture industry is no exception. 

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Are savvy shitposting, dick-joke discourse, and endless memes the future of how we understand architecture? Illustration by Joanna Neborsky Wakefield is part of a growing community of content creators who use digital humor as a vehicle for not just likes but also for the critique of architecture and design.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. I’m Travis Schneider; born in 1992, raised in Dallas suburbia, and three years into a five-year undergraduate degree in architecture at UT Austin.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 14, 2019

On January 14th, 2010 my life was irrevocably changed, mostly for the better, when I decided to start a blog site and start talking about what it meant to be, and work with, an architect. During the first year, most of my time was spent learning new skills, preparing graphics and writing blog posts.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Models Architectural Models Bob Borson — September 12, 2013 — 33 Comments One of the biggest changes I have seen since moving over to my new office is that the number of scale models has gone up considerably. Can’t wait to go to architecture school. link] Bob Borson no.

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A Better Built Environment

MARCH 1, 2021

From my frustrations with auto-centric city design, to design work that I find inspirational, or people who are doing great things, my goal is to share observations on the built environment, the practice of architecture, and ways design impacts how we live. What are my design values and how can I attract clients that share these values?

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. And watching talented kids drop like flies because they come to the conclusion that architecture “isn’t worth it” in their own words. Building with Structural.

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JANUARY 14, 2019

On January 14th, 2010 my life was irrevocably changed, mostly for the better, when I decided to start a blog site and start talking about what it meant to be, and work with, an architect. During the first year, most of my time was spent learning new skills, preparing graphics and writing blog posts.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 11, 2022

Here is the 42nd installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog. in the Bauwelt Fundamente series started by German architectural historian Ulrich Conrads in 1963.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Bob Borson — May 8, 2014 — 30 Comments A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Home / Do you want to be an Architect?

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Who are you?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Home / Design / KRob 2013 – Architectural Delineation Competition KRob 2013 – Architectural Delineation Competition Bob Borson — October 10, 2013 — 27 Comments If you like architectural “drawings” than you’ve just landed on the mother lode.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

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. It’s kinda freaky to be honest.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

That’s a long time to work at developing the skills it takes to practice architecture. … kids will take a chance. People have their own tools, mores, and values for setting priorities and, as a result, most people view the finished result of “Architecture” without considering the process of creating architecture.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The profession of architecture has historically been dependent upon older architects mentoring younger architects. One of the requirements of becoming a licensed architect is the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) which logs job training under certain tasks which is then signed off by a licensed architect.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Home / Career / Architectural Job Starter Kit Architectural Job Starter Kit Bob Borson — February 28, 2014 — 27 Comments March is knocking on the door so that means one thing in an architectural office: the “summer interns” and freshly minted architectural graduates are … well, knocking on the door.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

One of the items in that post was the list “ Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm ” which is somewhat biased because I didn’t really represent the benefits to working in a large architectural firm. Here is the list that Dariusz put together for me: Top 5 Reasons to work in a Large Architecture Firm: 1.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This week, I am sharing blogging duties with a friend and active supporter of Entrepreneur Architect. He is the founder of Young Architect, a blog featuring articles about design, the architecture registration exam , entrepreneurship, and his journey as a young architect. The Cheap Architecture Day Laborer.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

Geoff Manaugh is the founder of BLDGBLOG, one of the most popular architecture sites on the Web. The new federal facility is located on the campus of Kansas State University, which happens to be my alma mater, though it is at a bit of a remove from the main campus that I traversed in architecture school decades ago.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

It reads: The complimentary advice provided on ‘Life of an Architect’ is based on an abbreviated examination of the minimal facts given, not the typical extensive (and sometimes exhaustive) analysis I conduct when working with my clients. I am interested in architecture. Hopefully this helps in some way.

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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.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 19, 2013

I found the jambox two years later in one of the other architecture school buildings, sitting there on a table as if that’s where I had left it the two years prior… … with no mix tape. I had it with me from one design studio to the next design studio up until my spring semester of my 4th year.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

Eric has authored several books on architecture, his most recent is entitled, Architect and Entrepreneur: A Field Guide to Building, Branding, and Marketing Your Startup Design Business , which expands on his thoughts below and other topics related to contemporary practice. Clients began calling, writing gigs popped up, and I sold plans.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #010 I can’t find any sketch paper. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas. What do you need it for? Considering white marble. This one is a perfect example.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

This is the transcript from EntreArchitect Podcast Episode 229, Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Architecture. Duo Dickinson and we’re speaking about artificial intelligence and the future of architecture. He’s the Co founder of the Congress of Residential Architecture, also known as CORA. Start Transcript.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 28, 2019

Welcome to “The Fun Show” [Note: If you are reading this via email, you will have to click here to access the on-site audio player] Just like the occasional blog post, the podcast (and blog post) today will be a “life” day because we are talking about, well, whatever we want to a certain extent.

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A Better Built Environment

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Leave a comment Weekly Reading The Architectural Drawing Prize My love for architecture and the art of design is strong, even as my frustrations with the profession grow. It is seeing things like this that rekindle my passion for architecture. It was rarely heard in architectural school or during design studio critiques.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Your blog is the now part of my daily digest.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

After graduating, a lot of young people encounter a slow start beginning their careers in architecture. After getting into architecture school, one of the first things you learn is that the profession requires a lot of sacrifices and many years in order to reach success. Thus, we are driven to ask: Why is architecture different?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. Deciding to write this blog has in many ways become a watershed moment for me in my career. Get yourself an architectural blog and that number will grow to 10 Million times.

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