Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School. This fantastic Guest blog post about: How to Find the Best Architecture Graduate School was written by Architect John Maternoski. Now you’ve decided to go to architecture grad school and are ready to start looking for an graduate architecture program.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

The future of architecture is female. That’s what recent A+Awards winners have taught us, with more women than ever leading teams in conceptualizing, designing and delivering some of the world’s best architecture around the globe. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The second goal I had for myself was that I wanted to have a project that I had designed make it into an architectural history book – that’s a lofty goal. I say “unhealthy” because I don’t really want to be doing it at all and I didn’t go to architecture school to run a business, but here I am.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2020

At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. What sort of information do I put in them?

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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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JULY 5, 2015

If it isn’t somewhere architecturally significant or have some redeeming historical context … you probably won’t be going. Architectural 12-Step Crowd : [ in unison ] Hi Bob Bob : Well … I’m an architect, and, hum, [blurting out] I don’t travel to specific places to look at buildings. did he just say?

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

I graduated from Roger Williams University School of Architecture in 1993. Throughout the winter before graduating, I wrote over 100 cover letters and mailed them with my standard one-page resume to every architecture firm in the New York metropolitan area. Being unique got me noticed in the very noisy world of architecture internship.

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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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Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

25 for the blog, architects-tales.com, Copyright 2019 by Dale R. For aspiring architects, the rule is first encountered as students when they enter architectural school and are told that one half of the students in their class will drop out either in the first year or no later than before graduation. As Roger K.

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Archmark

JUNE 15, 2018

Strategic Tips to Keep Your Architecture Business Thriving. Six Important Architecture Firm Business Development Strategies Are you taking on projects that really don’t fit your architecture firm? Keep reading to learn how you can use our strategy six-pack to keep your architecture business thriving!

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 21, 2022

I've decided to bring back "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. This installment features six monographs published between December 2020 and January 2022.

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The Student Architect

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

I'm Chelsea from TheStudentArchitect.com which is an online space for architects and architecture students. And there you'll find a variety of resources like helpful guides, online courses, blog posts, and all sorts of things. Video Transcript Hey happy Sunday! So again, check out TheStudentArchitect.com for more information.

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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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Young Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Best Architecture Game. I know it’s been a few years, but here are the previous Architect Gift Blog Posts: The Young Architect Gift Guide 2014. Architecture Student’s Christmas List – 2014. 2015 Top 50 Architecture Books. Gifts and Toys For Architecture Students. Buck Knife .

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. It’s not only the story of my first project, but the complete story of how my wife and architect business partner Annmarie McCarthy and I started our own architecture firm. How I Started My Own Architecture Firm. My First Job in Architecture.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. So, here it is… a promise fulfilled.

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The Student Architect

OCTOBER 25, 2021

I'm Chelsea from TheStudentArchitect.com where I create a variety of resources for architects and architecture students. If you're interested in checking out any of my online courses, tutorials, blog posts, or anything like that, you can check out the link up here. Video Transcript Hey, happy Sunday!

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A Better Built Environment

MARCH 11, 2021

Architecture isn’t about the physical house. Gerber I just finished reading the E-Myth revisited and although it isn’t design/architecture specific, I have to say it strikes a lot of chords with me. Our blog posts are exclusively written about projects that are either still in the design phase, or are under construction.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 31, 2015

I had a moment this evening that made me rethink the post I was originally going to publish today – something else took roost in my head and writing these blog posts over the last several years has become cathartic for me. Surprisingly, I’m not here to reminisce about the good old days. Guess what else I worked on?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Tricks of the Trade Architectural Tricks of the Trade Bob Borson — October 31, 2013 — 55 Comments Architects have all sorts of mannerisms and processes in place that seem to transcend their time and place. You might be thinking to yourself “why would I fold a drawing?

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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

AUGUST 30, 2016

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. In their minds, every architect designs “beautiful architecture”. Most of us, as architectural designers, choose to design our own logos. Search for online directories and blogs that offer free links back to your website and blog.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

Stern’s Between Memory and Invention , which I immediately mistook for an update of an earlier volume of his, Tradition and Invention in Architecture (2011). The new book, just out, is, however, the biography of architecture’s own Zelig – he has always been around and pops up everywhere. I was just a kid.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

If the culture of the architectural office requires their people to routinely make sacrifices for the sake of the business, I think there’s a problem somewhere. If the culture of the architectural office requires their people to routinely make sacrifices for the sake of the business, I think there’s a problem somewhere.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This is a guest post written by my friend Taylor Schaub, a 4th-year undergraduate architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She’s pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree with a minor in Business. I’ve actively tried to utilize the pre-planned routines that I hear or see in podcasts and blogs.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. At the age of 10, I chose architecture for my career path because, “Artists don’t make enough money. Architecture is a profession like law and medicine. No More Starving Artist.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 11, 2016

For the next few weeks, the articles here at the blog, the strategies shared in the newsletter and the interviews published on the podcast will all be about the money matters of our businesses. List all your sources of revenue including architectural fees, commissions and any other sources of income. The #ArchiTalks Blog Series.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Number 5 You Make your Own Opportunities April 21, 2014 Young architectural interns are awesome … full of promise and possibility. I’ve been around the architectural block more times than I care to admit at this stage of my career and I have learned a few things along the way. Number 3 Should I be an Architect? Why the change of heart?

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Architecture Chat

AUGUST 22, 2021

Introduction to Architectural Journalism Architectural Journalism is the practice of documenting and writing about architecture and design directed towards both professionals in the field and the common people. This is where Architectural Journalism comes in.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

If there is a topic I can spontaneously talk about, it’s this blog … it is the closest thing I have to a hobby ( which is incredibly sad on so many levels ) and I definitely have a Love / Hate relationship with it. I shut down the blog and probably watched kitten video’s for awhile just to get my head right.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Home / Bags / An Architect’s Bag 002 An Architect’s Bag 002 Bob Borson — September 7, 2013 — 21 Comments A few weeks ago, in a moment of weakness, I decided to take my architectural bag – the bag that carries my treasures between home and the office – pull everything out and show it to the world.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

is a design and manufacturing company specializing in sculpture, architectural features and commercial products Joe McCall – A noted and reputable designer with over 23 AIA award-winning buildings to his credit, there are so many accolades that you can share about Joe that they are too numerous to list.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

So far we have seen the bag contents from an architect, an architecture student, a dry wall contractor, and for today, we finally get to take a look at what’s exactly inside the bag of an interior designer. As an architectural-studio trained designer, I’m skeptical about the lack of a thorough site analysis.

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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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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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

So far we have seen the contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Today we get to take a look inside the bag of Dallas based environmental graphic designer – Steve Jordan of Steve Jordan Design. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.'

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