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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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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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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. is a very good thing.

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Central Europe "becoming a hotspot for contemporary architecture" says Ond?ej Chybík

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Chybík, who says his own studio is the largest in the Czech Republic , is on a mission to put architecture from his home country – as well as Slovakia , Poland and Hungary – firmly on the global design map. "No-one Ondřej Chybík (left) established Chybik + Kristof together with Michal Kristof in 2010.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

What’s the Right sized firm for you? Architectural Portfolio’s and their true purpose Architectural Sketching Taking the Architectural Registration Exam Do you want to be an Architect? Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

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″ – drawing title on one side and the firm’s logo on the other side. First thing I learned to do on my very first “job” at an architectural firm Mark Mc Swain Most “City” folding formats are based on whether the P&D/Engineering Office file cabinets are Letter versus Legal sized format.

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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

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They look like 1/4″ At my firm we typically start at 1/16″ and work up to 1/8″, usually do not go above unless its working out a detail or a small detailed area. Travel sketchers and architecture students would all enjoy better success if they knew, say how to pull the pencil to keep an even lineweight.

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