Architizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Home to iconic landmarks such as Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall and Richard Meier’s Getty Center, Los Angeles’ architecture has become greatly influenced by the entertainment industry. Starting from its architectural schools, the city promotes alternative design practices. And that’s the way we like it.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Profiler I started toward an architecture degree in nineteeneightysomething at USC… I took a hiatus for the Gulf War… When I went back to architecture school in the late nineties… I showed up at a preliminary presentation with an armful of “trace” and realized how much things changed in only five years.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist. link] Bob Borson I wouldn’t say relic … you on this site leaving comments so that technically puts you ahead of a lot of folks. link] Cory W. I also think a tweet is a sound a bird makes.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 18, 2013

From time to time I’ll hear stories when I’m on the job site about somebody getting their gear stolen – and they always think it was another electrical contractor who took it [probably because they know how expensive all these tools are]. I have 3M in my bag at the moment. Alex Robert nice tools bag. Awesome bag as well.

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Life of an Architect

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. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me. Following my casual advice is at your own peril.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I want to go to architecture school but I don’t really enjoy making models–the process is quite frustrating for me… should all aspiring architects be passionate about model making? We had college architectural interns make this model – they are in their model-making prime! link] Bob Borson no.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

I started that site as a creative outlet in 2010 when things around the office where I was working got a bit slow. One of the objectives that has evolved on my site is the idea of creating transparency into what it means to be an architect. Last year over 3 million people came to my site to read what I had to say.

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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.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 27, 2014

Home / Memories from Studio / Memories from Studio People who didn’t attend architectural school don’t understand juries. Always look for the positive architectrunnerguy Amazingly during my whole 5 years of architectural school (Va. Building with Structural. oh well, it was drafted well.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

Geoff Manaugh is the founder of BLDGBLOG, one of the most popular architecture sites on the Web. The new federal facility is located on the campus of Kansas State University, which happens to be my alma mater, though it is at a bit of a remove from the main campus that I traversed in architecture school decades ago.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

From those who have experienced the baths, it is said to be a multi-sensory experience as you move through the different rooms constructed from slabs of the local stone quartzite taken from below the site. It was my first year in architecture school at UH, and it was in the Architecture History class from Prof.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 18, 2014

Both of us attended graduate school at the University of Calgary, studying architecture together. We’re passionate about art and design, both studying fine art at universities in Canada before heading off to architecture school. I try and keep things light and share a thing or two about what I think I know.

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ArchiDiaries

JANUARY 27, 2022

A full-service development company which implements investment projects ranging from the construction of residential, public and industrial facilities to the reconstruction of cultural heritage sites and their subsequent operation throughout Russia. International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP).

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e-architect

JULY 27, 2023

The new village-like structure is vernacular and deeply rooted in the site and history. Concept The idea behind the structure is one simple building block, repeated and varied according to its placement on the site and its orientation.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 13, 2014

finals time at architecture school frequently gets overwhelming and i felt like giving up on everything. Subscribe by Email Enter your Email Address Delivered by FeedBurner Trending on Life of an Architect Recommended Stuff for Architects Recommended Books for Architects My name is Bob Borson and this is my site. thanks bob.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

You will get to do just about everything sooner rather than later – attend client meetings, contribute to the design, prepare construction drawings, organize and process bidding and negotiating information, and go to job sites. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Life in General , Observations , Travel a day in the life , about bob , Architecture School , bob borson , Travel , traveling Graphic Standards heard around the. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Just some food for thought … So let’s get to it – here are 5 Tips and Techniques that should improve your architectural sketches [ all the images Ive used in this post were collected off the Life of an Architect site and Instagram feed from the last 4 years. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

When the SIPs erection crew gets on site, they spread all the panels all around the site and stage them for quick access and assembly. On site, the method of identifying the panels is definitely old school – a fat magic marker with the panel tag written on the exterior face. It’s like real life Lego.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

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. ” So I passed the most difficult part of architecture school to be an architect.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Petersburg Gorskaya Territory Competition site: The customer is Megaline LLC, with the support of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), the Russian Green Building Council (RuGBC), and the Association of Landscape Architects of Russia. picture courtesy of architecture contest organisers.

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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. But that’s not really the entire story is it?

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

It is a state architecture board mandate as to what the requirements are for licensure, not NCARB. Look on their site, they say very plainly that, licensure requirements are the prevue of the licensing state body and not that of NCARB. I have a personal friend that failed site planning twice, and months later she got a letter.

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Architizer

APRIL 21, 2023

TheeAe Architects pursue re-searching and re-defining elements that have been embedded or unseen so as to define the beauty of the architecture through design driven by context, evolved from rational notions and led toward unexpected discovery of nature. To pursue this passion, they began their practice since 2011 in Hong Kong.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Part of my job was traveling back and forth to the site for meetings and “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” was a huge hit then. In the early 90’s when I first started my firm, much of my work was out of Dallas and required long road trips to attend meetings and site visits. Dar’s music was a marvelous companion on those trips.

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Architizer

JULY 4, 2023

Ramirez is a Colombian writer, curator, filmmaker and cultural producer working in the realm of architecture, urban planning and media. He is the co-founder and Managing Director of PLANE–SITE, an agency devoted to the production and dissemination of original content about the built environment.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

All of the project team will be exposed to learning about the site, which in turn will educate everyone about the city, roads, people movement, scale of the built environment, transportation systems, grain of the city, attractions, cultural centers, political aims, development and so on. ” Your is a possessive word.

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