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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

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Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? The person with the most skills typically wins.

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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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Keep your eye on the prize

Life of an Architect

Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 10:07 AM Hey Bob, I am sure you get a million emails so I will keep this short. Cheers – and good luck Bob Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:05 PM Thanks so much, your blog has been very helpful. Bruce Guard Mon, Apr 19, 2013 at 7:28 AM Hi Mr. Borson. Hopefully this helps in some way.

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An Electrician's Bag | Life of an Architect

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Home / Bags / An Electrician’s Bag An Electrician’s Bag Bob Borson — December 18, 2013 — 5 Comments After a little break, it’s time for another entry into ongoing series I have been running where we get to take an inside look into the working contents of various design and construction related professionals.

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Architectural Job Starter Kit | Life of an Architect

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Not knowing anything other than I should try to get a job in an architectural office, I got whatever job I could. Read Architectural Interns to gain some unique insight into how an architecture student can rise to the top of a pile of resumes and get that coveted architectural intern position.

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Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. Like with school teaching us something new, we have to be ready to let design teach us as well.

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

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Travel sketchers and architecture students would all enjoy better success if they knew, say how to pull the pencil to keep an even lineweight. I often wonder how much sketching gets used when you reach the “real world” My architecture school puts very heavy emphasis on learning sketching and hand drawing skills.

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