Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

And no, school teaches you zero about being an architect. I really enjoy the personal contact I have with my Clients/Owners, contractors and tradespeople. School gets out at 3 pm the building department closes at 430 sharp and the contractors work from like 7 to 4. it teaches you to solve problems. Ann Agreed.

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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. This works well for my practice and for their growth.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

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. Depending on the architecture school themselves, hand drafting and sketching may be a big part of it or barely existent.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Home / Graphics / Graphic Standards Graphic Standards Bob Borson — October 21, 2013 — 99 Comments How an architect draws is a reflection of many things – you can frequently tell the priorities of a firm just by looking at the quality of their drawings. If it isn’t labeled, how would the contractor know what it is?”

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

While it might take several architects to move these panels into place ( see the second to last bullet point ), normally just two regular contractors can move them around just fine. You know how you can tell these guys are contractors? I tell the contractors and move on. I’m excited to continue to follow the project!

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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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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

This past December I was invited to speak at AIAS Forum 2013; the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. While we waited for the airports to open, I had the opportunity to speak in length with many of the architecture students in attendance. I grew up in a family of auto mechanics and tradesmen.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

Andrew Hawkins – past President of AIA Brazos Chapter, and the owner of Hawkins Architecture – a very successful firm based in College Station, Texas. When I first read about it in 2013 I thought: what a great idea! Very excited to find this competition! If I do not become an Architect, I would be an Author.

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e-architect

APRIL 11, 2023

There are four such atria, almost urban squares in plan, that aid navigation, natural light and organisation.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 16, 2020

When it comes to acquiring permits in Austria, due to the project of Big Energy Data (running from 2013), the time for acquiring the right building permit has drastically shortened. Since its establishment in 2013, Archello has since gained a vast number of users around the world. Estimated size of architecture market in 2013/2014.

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