Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Sketching is part of the architects domain and there was a time when it was a forgone conclusion that if you were an architect, you could sketch. Last week I received an email from a friend who asked me which digital sketching apps I preferred – and I have no idea. They are a little different from the sketches that follow.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

Most of the time I use the peace and quiet to minimize the work that I would have to do over the weekend … in this case, I decided to take some photos so I could write this very particular blog post. Everybody loves architectural models Finally, there is the conference room … a room that I don’t particularly like.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For the next interview in our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, we spoke to Ben Ayres, lead architecture designer at fashion label Burberry , about the architecture side of the brand and its recruitment needs. Alice Laycock: What projects do you tend to work on as lead architecture designer and what have you been working on recently?

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Jane Griswold Radocchia

MAY 3, 2024

In 1540 Sebastiano Serlio drew this sketch in Book IV of his On Architecture.* Palladio doesn't describe this, but the roofs in his The Four Books of Architecture (1570) use the same pitch. Vignola's book on architecture was translated, of course. James Gibbs, On Architecture , London, 1728, introduction and Plate 84.

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Aric Gitomer Architect

JUNE 23, 2022

The architectural style you prefer. Whether it’s their projects, sketches, or blogs, you can access them through the touch of your hands. An architecture practice’s primary selling tool is its website. Do not let the architect talk you into adding architectural features that are out of your budget.

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Community Architect Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

But the Architecture and Design Center across Fayette Street located in Mies van der Rohe's Charles Center building in a space once occupied by Burger King and then Staples was filled to capacity by folks who cared about the future of downtown. Each table had a moderator, sketch paper and a map at the ready in the usual charrette manner.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

Their pragmatic view of design—Charles called it "a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose" in the short 1972 film Design Q&A —and relentless curiosity produced a prolific body of work spanning not just furniture and architecture, but also medical equipment, films, graphics, textiles, and exhibits.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook … and I was murdered. Here was the sketch that got me murdered. It isn’t architecture … are you shocked? As I was drawing, I kept saying “This isn’t architecture … this is a diagram.

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Ronen Bekerman

MARCH 9, 2023

Your solid technical and presentational skills will be essential to : Develop new visual, cinematic, and narrative approaches toward some of our industry’s most prominent architectural films. Strong design skills, ability to draw and sketch in your way. A degree in architecture, design, or other creative fields.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 4, 2016

my internet explorer history ) and peer feedback ( I asked some people I know ) I have created “the” definitive listing of the Best Architectural Websites in the World for 2016. c) you can’t be a forceful vacuum I give a lot of credit for effort – both in real life and in my architectural websites. You’re welcome.

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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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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2018

“How do I get noticed when I am first starting an architecture firm? I’ve shared articles at this blog in the past on how much it may cost to start your own firm and how Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio with no clients and very little money. How To Start An Architecture Firm From Scratch. Start a Blog.

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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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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School. This fantastic Guest blog post about: Finding the Best Architecture Graduate Program for YOU 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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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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Shades of Grey

JULY 30, 2021

Freehand sketching and painting on stretched canvas are physical activities that I have always enjoyed. I returned to architecture, completed my studies with a 2-year stint in Joburg at Wits, and made the shift to AutoCAD. I studied history of architecture at school as part of my “O” level and “A” level art courses.

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Archmark

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In this blog post, we will: Explore various strategies that can help architecture firms drive leads and grow their business. By implementing these tactics, architecture firms can increase their chances of converting leads into paying clients while strengthening their brand presence within the target audience. 

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DesignScape Architects

JULY 22, 2020

Architectural Design Tools While architects of the past may have held their protractors, compasses and sharpened pencils dear to their hearts, the modern architect works with tools that are a little more cutting edge. BIM has become the standard in many architectural offices, including ours.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture.

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Architects Tales

AUGUST 28, 2019

30 of the blog, www.architects-tales.com; Copyright 2019 on only format, notes and arrangement by Dale R. In case you have not noticed, each of the previous stories posted to this blog has been proceeded by an appropriate quote or saying attributed to a particular source. Z: Architecture begins where engineering ends.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

This is because we are on the edge of a complete flip in how every service industry functions, including medicine, law, and architecture. Every potential client who architects serve under 40 has created a software derived sketch. Take those tools and multiply their capacities by 1,000 in the coming decades, and architecture changes.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern.

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A Better Built Environment

APRIL 4, 2021

CVG is a company that works with small architecture firms to help them run better business, and grow. I’ll also be helping CVG with business development activities, talking with firms to see if they would be a good fit and giving presentations on the business side of architectural practice. If you apply please let me know!

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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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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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Life of an Architect

MAY 21, 2014

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #014 We decided that we wanted donuts this morning. link] Bob Borson I got shut down before I did the sketch – maybe something to make in my downtime Brandon Tyler Carr i would love a cross-section doughnut tee-shirt. Ollin Trujillo Haha.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 6, 2013

“How do I get noticed when I am first starting an architecture firm? Start a Blog. One of the best ways to establish yourself as an authority is to start a blog. Give your blog a name that will reflect the topic on which you want to write. Share your blog articles and post original updates on a consistent schedule.

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Shades of Grey

APRIL 4, 2023

That's the year my youngest son was born, and 36 years later I'm staying with him for 3 weeks as an experiment in what I'm calling "hybrid retirement" That means a mixture of remote work and doing this kind of "way we build" private study that started with my blog and has blossomed out in various ways. Just a thought.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 27, 2014

Doug and I have formed a professional architect-to-architect relationship since I started writing my blog and we have routinely exchanged emails over the years discussing a myriad of subjects. Waterfront house initial concept sketches. Waterfront house – more developed concept sketches. I call them “charrettes”.

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Architecture Quote

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

If you are an architect, you need an architecture portfolio. As you grow professionally, the role of an architecture portfolio will help you get noticed to potential clients and will allow you to present your vision for the future work you want to do. When it comes to architecture, show don’t tell is really the way to go.

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Architecture Tourist

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

I've wanted to blog Michael for the last five years because. Neel Reid Prize winner for 2002 and I'm trying to blog all the prize winners. It is a fine example of the mannerist style of architecture, the acknowledged masterpiece of Giulio Romano. "I Michael Kleeman is the J. and memories. ".

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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. ”) 2.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 27, 2015

In reverse order ( based on view count, not awesomeness) : #10 Architecture in the Real World … Sorta Published : 23 February 2015 Views : 15,721 Why You Should Read it : What is it like to be an architect? Architecture in the real world is a lot different from people think. 9 Architectural Sketches – Keep or Throw Away?

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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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