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. Or you’ve been out of school and working for a while. Non-Architecture Undergrad Will Have to do some Prep Work.

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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. Or you’ve been out of school and working for a while. Non-Architecture Undergrad Will Have to do some Prep Work.

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Young Architect

MAY 22, 2022

Architecture Career? Pursuing an architecture career was definitely the best decision I have ever made in my life. Looking back, I think one thing that Architecture has done for me is that it feeds upon several of my strengths that I had naturally going for me before I ever decided to become an architect.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JULY 18, 2022

Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture Robert A. Stern Architects (RAMSA), Stern was once described as “the brightest young man I have ever met in my entire teaching career” by Philip Johnson and recently called “New York City’s most valuable architect” by Bloomberg. Founding partner of Robert A.

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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

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 did not edit these articles in any way and I gave them no boundaries, any sucking up they did was of their own volition. Hi, Internet!

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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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.

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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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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! Stop Juggling.

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Architizer

MAY 19, 2023

The foundation of Western architecture cannot be told without citing the architectural legacy of Greece. Ancient Greek architecture is known for its formalized craft — the Classical orders, spatial scale, and harnessing line and light. How are these architecture firms ranked? How are these architecture firms ranked?

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Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 2, 2021

It's that time of year again: accolades for the city's best architecture of the past year via the American Institute of Architects' Oregon Architecture Awards, this time juried by a trio of out-of-town architects: Pascale Sablan of David Adjaye Associates' New York office, Bryan C Lee Jr. Washington High School in Dallas.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “My First Project”, so I decided to repost a 3-part article I originally published back in 2013. 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.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Will I be any good at architecture if I become an architect? They wanted to know if I had any suggestions as to how someone could find out whether they would be any good at the practice of architecture – that before they make this fairly large career course-correction, would they be able to predict if they would experience success?

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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

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

JUNE 5, 2014

To help articulate the purpose, Jennifer Hicks, the owner for WordsWork, prepared this article. Support AEC Care’s 2014 Project and Give Children a Solid Foundation “All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.”

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Deezen

JUNE 26, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a memorial site at the port of Beirut and a vertically sprawling design in the metaverse are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Tulane University. School: Tulane School of Architecture. In both semesters, each student was guided by a faculty thesis director.".

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 1, 2013

Since a big part of my role in the office is to mentor and shape the younger architects and interns ( Lord Corbusier, please have mercy upon their architectural souls ), when I find myself going over “a lesson” it becomes the seed for one of these advice posts. Bob : This isn’t what I asked for.

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e-architect

JANUARY 25, 2022

Scottish Building News 2022, Architecture Photos, Property Scotland Images, Architects Design Links. Scottish Architecture News. New Architecture Developments + Buildings in Scotland – Built Environment + Architects Updates. Each architecture news item links to an individual project page. Scottish Buildings News.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It aims to include "new and unexpected readings of built work, the analysis of the discipline's discourse and historiography, the study of architectural representation and media, and the consideration of socioeconomic and cultural-political forces on urban transformation." Hey, architectural historians like gift books, too!)

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e-architect

JANUARY 29, 2023

Difference between carbon neutrality and net zero Mackintosh Building Glasgow School of Art RICS and YouGov survey 2022 Next generation of knowledge work: hybrid workplaces Data-Informed Design for the User Experience at Work The fluid, sustainable future of retail Designing for Extra Care: What Can Covid Teach Us? Do We Need Libraries?

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Portland Architecture

APRIL 29, 2021

And that's before he wrote the world's first book about composite materials in architecture, became a Portland State University professor, and founded a software company to visualize complex zoning codes. Returning to Oregon in 2015, he worked for three years at Portland's Lever Architecture before setting out on his own.

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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. When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2022

He launched Dezeen in 2006 from his spare bedroom, and it grew to become the world's most popular and influential online architecture, interiors and design magazine. Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill passed away on 14 January, aged 82, leaving behind a legacy of bold, experimental architecture. Marcus Fairs. Issey Miyake.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

If you are outside the field of architecture, I’m sure you couldn’t care one way or the other. There is a lot of chatter going on within the architectural profession where the interns have picked up their mantles in an effort to have the intern label removed from their personal descriptor.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 2, 2014

“Sharing” posts are what I call the articles I write that describe my experience with a certain process or product in the context of one of our projects. Today’s post is really concerned about that last bit in the previous sentence, the “things you can’t control.”

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Did you know I wrote 48 articles for this site last year? In the seven years that I have been writing articles here on Life of an Architect , that is my lowest output. The truth is that I was busier this year than I have ever been and even writing one article a week proved to be challenging.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The approval of full planning permission for our latest residential development in such a prestigious and sought after location is testament to the high standards of building design and construction that we adhere to, putting people first. Prices start from £160,000.

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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

JUNE 11, 2014

There are other options available to us -some include post-tensioned slab on grade and plain ol’ slab on grade, and all of these options are fine under the right circumstances but if I had my pick (which I normally do) we recommend the pier and beam structural foundation. Add water, through rain and irrigation, and the soil expands.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Over the past 40 years, the requirements for architectural licensure have increased tremendously in terms of time and cost to the candidate. Last week The Path to Architectural Licensure was presented to the Executive Board at the Texas Society of Architects who unanimously endorsed the task force findings.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

This is the 4th year in a row I have written this article and I must admit, this list is getting better and better each year. Sometimes I get the question: “Bob, how do you come up with such an incredible list year after year? Moleskine Cahier Journal (Set of 3), Extra Large, Plain, Black, Soft Cover (7.5 Yes please.

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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.

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

I stand by that comment and think that clean and easy to read architectural drawings do more than just make me feel good about my artistic side, they help convey information to the people you are creating the drawings for in the first place. You are free to pursue your own path.

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