A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 23, 2023

In my editorial duties at World-Architects , I try to pick and choose the most headline-worthy awards, seeing them as ways of learning about great architecture and signals of what the field is prioritizing at any given moment; it's hard, though, because there are just so many awards now.

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Architecture Ideas

JANUARY 2, 2024

Before we dig into different species of prayer plants, let us first understand what a prayer plant is. What is a Prayer Plant? The botanical gem requires minimum care (which we will discuss later in the blog) and can be kept indoors all year round. But trust us, all of these options are worth it.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Between social media, content marketing, networking and pitching, you’re working what feels like a full-time job trying to get the word out and stay on people’s radar – and not surprisingly so, because big companies actually have marketing people whose only job is to handle these things. Divide your list into specific categories.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so I put together a list some things I love ❤️ about architecture books — and just as many things I don't love ? about them: 20 pairs in 4 categories. Why can't I sort the categories or searches? Book Content: These are among a few of my favorite things. Which way is up?

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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. Guess what else I worked on? Surprisingly, I’m not here to reminisce about the good old days.

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Young Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2022

But recently I went through ALL of my Amazon purchases and picked out what I thought could help you choose some the best gifts for Architects or gifts FROM an Architect. . To make this guide easier to navigate, I’ve broken them into the following categories: Architect Home Gifts. These are gifts that I strongly recommend.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 4, 2015

No, I think it has more to do with cobwebs and the lethargic tendencies that have settled in blog-wise over the past few weeks. The first blog post of the year is a big deal … right? I actually have a slight concern about what’s going to happen to me once I retire – all I think I would do is lay around and drink.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

” Drawings are what go up on your refrigerator, typically held down with weak letter magnets. If you can believe it, I created a special category for digital renderings and received all sorts of grief over it – many of the older guard were really against admitting these “new” types of renderings into the competition.

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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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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

This fantastic Guest blog post about: Finding the Best Architecture Graduate Program for YOU was written by Architect John Maternoski. There are a ton of decisions to make… …like which grad school to go to, how to apply, how to fund it, how to juggle it with family obligations, and a million other things. Young Architect.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

This fantastic Guest blog post about: How to Find the Best Architecture Graduate School was written by Architect John Maternoski. There are a ton of decisions to make… …like which grad school to go to, how to apply, how to fund it, how to juggle it with family obligations, and a million other things. Young Architect.

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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. ” What Happened? You’ll get sucked in and never get out.”

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Cheers Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Design Architects , architectural sketching , architectural technology , design Reading between the Lines What to Get an Architect for. 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

JULY 4, 2016

So let’s get to it – in no particular order, Life of an Architect’s Favorite Websites for 2016 : This Brutal House What exactly is this website?!? I don’t particularly care about faceless organizations unless they produce really good content. I have removed most aggregate sites from my list for this reason.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2021

It is hard to imagine a place where desolation, abandonment and plain waste of space is more in your face than at Baltimore's Old Town, a place that has seen nothing but handwringing for the last 30 years or so with few plausible explanations why things are as bad as they are. See my 2018 blog article explaining the overall project ).

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Archmark

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

What we learned from that research was that only 25% of architecture firm websites met Google’s most basic criteria for an effective web presence. Hey, you get what you pay for. But suddenly, things have changed. What are they finding? Or maybe you did the website yourself, and haven’t gone beyond that first attempt.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Imagining New Ways to Practice It is one thing for architects to raise their fees with the pace of inflation, but to truly raise our fees to be able to pay and have benefits that, say, compete with Tech salaries, we have to rewrite the business model. We must find a way to invite those who found others back into the profession.

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Architecture Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss some of the advantages of using self-storage for renovations as well as how architects and designers may utilize it in their workflows. Finally, make sure everything is labeled clearly so that it is easy for you to find what you need when it comes time for retrieval later on down the line.

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A Better Built Environment

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The city was quiet - one of the things that struck us the most. A Thing I Made (or at least started) A Pre-COVID NYC wish list As we were preparing for our move to New York city at the start of 2020, I started building a custom map to add places we were excited to visit. We could hear birds singing in the morning.

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Archmark

AUGUST 2, 2021

What we learned from that research was that only 25% of architecture firm websites met Google’s most basic criteria for an effective web presence. What are they finding? Is your website helping them to better understand what you do, what makes you different, and why they should work with you? Or is it frustrating them?

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2018. What we choose to do on this day each week will set up our remaining days for success or doom us to a week of frustration. I’m sure you’ve heard me say this or seen my write it somewhere here on the blog in the past. No Monday Meetings.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

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. The future of architecture is female. Women have been the creative force behind dozens of winning projects in recent seasons, from B.L.U.E.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 3, 2016

As we move into a new month, we are shifting our focus to a new category of small firm success. These are the questions that we will be answering throughout the month here on the blog, over at the podcast and in each edition of our newsletter, EntreArchitect Report. What are the steps you take each time to complete that process?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

This tray is generally put in place so that other customers can take a penny should they want to avoid breaking a larger denomination coin or bill … or to help architectural associates make up the difference between what they owe and what they can pay. Did you know that today’s post is the 724th post I have written.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

I am currently sitting in my preferred “blog-writing” spot on the couch, it’s Sunday afternoon and rather than finish the post I’ve started, I’m more in the mood to work on my vacation plans. Why not do both … a blog post on my vacation? Wow … I wasn’t kidding was I?

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 11, 2016

Here at EntreArchitect, all throughout the month of January we are focusing our content on the business category theme of Finance. 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.

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Architecture Quote

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As such, you need a sample of your best works to show your potential clients what you can do. By structuring your work and services by different categories, you can highlight your most relevant projects and make a good first impression. What is an architect portfolio? You should be able to give people an idea of what you can do.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2014. What we choose to do on this day each week will set up our remaining days for success or doom us to a week of frustration. Many personal productivity experts will advise you to not review your email first thing in the morning. Take 10 Minutes of Quiet.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 1, 2014

On occasion I will share one of these stories with my wife or one of my sisters – both who hold significant leadership positions in real companies – and their mouths are left agape at some of the things they hear coming out of my mouth. Did I know what I was saying that caused all the laughing? I was wrong.

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Dwell

JUNE 27, 2012

What does Barbie have to do with architecture? Much disquiet on the architecture blogs and in the field focused on her stylized wardrobe : black-rimmed glasses, an outdated hot-pink blueprint tube, a skyline-print dress, white hard hat, those oh-so-fashionable high-heel booties. That’s what I hoped to hear. I wondered.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

What’s a sill plate? Sounds good doesn’t it? There are several advantages to building with a system like this, including: Excellent Thermal Performance – minimal thermal bridges with the elimination of traditional wood 2×6 framing at 16″ o.c. These are treated 2x’s that are anchor-bolted down to the slab.

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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. Consider it the ultimate peek behind the scenes … you might just be surprised by what you find out.

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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. Consider it the ultimate peek behind the scenes … you might just be surprised by what you find out.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll take a broad look at the study materials available for ALL the ARE 5.0 This blog post will focus on study materials about each exam. To make things easier, a table of contents is provided below to help you navigate this blog post. The Ultimate List of ARE 5.0 Study Materials: Part 1. YA Academy.

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Community Architect Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Why can't we pull off what Boston and DC could do, or Nashville and Chattanooga? Charm City Let's take a look at projects in Baltimore, then and now, and what worked and what didn't. Baltimore's big transportation projects are a league of its own, mostly with projects that belong to the category of limping or aborted.

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Shades of Grey

JUNE 18, 2023

I just wanted to get something into the model that looked the part, on the basis that I would come back and figure things out later. This was done for a presentation on the Planting category in Revit for a conference in Denmark in 2017 based on a model I started at least 10 years ago. I built this model so long ago it's ridiculous.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 10, 2018

Modern technology does the heavy lifting, so it’s easy to get things ready. I loved what he was doing back in the nineties. I haven’t really followed them much now, so I can’t say that I know much about him, what he’s doing now. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here.

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