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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I first became aware of Leiviskä's buildings during architecture school in the first half of the nineties , having seen his beautiful and distinctive churches in magazines, including an issue of A+U dedicated to him. Spread from Juha Leiviskä 2000–2022 , courtesy of bookm-ark.fi

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Motivation - and why it's important | Life of an Architect

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finals time at architecture school frequently gets overwhelming and i felt like giving up on everything. instead of moping about as planned i shall produce another diagram for my project! I figure it will force me to go outside and do something active guest this is exactly the post i needed to read. thanks bob.

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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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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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. I would suggest a third question, to complete the Venn diagram: What does the world need?

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Architectural Graphic Standards | Life of an Architect

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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. Big thick black walls look great in parti diagrams.

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Rereading the Nineties

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.

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Architects and their Deserted Island Music | Life of an Architect

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Home / Architects / Architects and their Deserted Island Music Architects and their Deserted Island Music Bob Borson — September 30, 2013 — 39 Comments There is a game I like to play, it usually involves someone being stranded on a deserted island … and they have to pick their favorite [ fill in the blank ].