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MAY 21, 2014

I’m an architecture student, I really like growing pumpkins too. . – I have a pet Magpie, Turkey, Duck, Pig, and some others… – My family grows record setting giant pumpkins. – I’ve eaten McDonalds in over 20 countries. I don’t really like eating pumpkin though.

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Portland Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Born in 1984 and raised in Ferndale, Washington near the Canadian border, Hopinka came to Portland in 2006 to study at PSU, where he earned a bachelor's degree, and stayed here until 2013 (before pursuing a master's of fine arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). There, O'Brien set fire to the models in a ceremonial burn.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 20, 2014

This information applies to not only architecture students, but to most career paths. I’m sure many other students are in the same position. I think your blog should be required reading for anyone that is interested in furthering their career path even if they are not architects.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

Home / Bags / A Photographer’s Bag A Photographer’s Bag Bob Borson — September 20, 2013 — 5 Comments A look inside the bag of a professional photographer – this is pretty cool. far we have Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer and today its an architectural photographer.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

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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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 18, 2013

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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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

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’m a 3rd year student in Australia so will be completing my Bachelor degree at the end of this year. Do colleges value hand-drawn skill anymore? I actually prefer it to AutoCAD.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Home / Bags / A Graphic Designer’s Bag A Graphic Designer’s Bag Bob Borson — September 28, 2013 — 7 Comments It’s time for another entry in the ongoing series I am running where we get to look at the working contents of various design and construction related professionals.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Tricks of the Trade Architectural Tricks of the Trade Bob Borson — October 31, 2013 — 55 Comments Architects have all sorts of mannerisms and processes in place that seem to transcend their time and place. This should fit in a 9 x 14.5 envelope or similar legal-size file drawer.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

Next time you get one, see if you can work in something about your student loans being completely paid off – LOL! Still waiting to see that with even one of my university students. The stuff the architecture students are learning in college is whacky. How mean am I? :>) Cool, but whacky.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

I’m Caitlin and I’m a fourth year student at Drexel University. I’m currently enrolled in the 2 + 4 Bachelor of Architecture Program and working full-time at an architecture firm. When I first read about it in 2013 I thought: what a great idea! We love architecture and each other!

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Architizer

APRIL 19, 2023

Cultural change became a focus of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) in the late 1990s. The task force was created in response to unhealthy culture within architecture schools and a particular event where a student lost their life in a vehicular accident after leaving the studio with little sleep.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

RIBA announces new-look Stephen Lawrence Prize and student mentoring. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced revised eligibility for the Stephen Lawrence Prize and an associated student mentoring opportunity. Stephen Lawrence Prize Winner in 2013. Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023. 30 November 2022.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

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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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. I had it with me from one design studio to the next design studio up until my spring semester of my 4th year.

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OCTOBER 28, 2015

Medieval architect (2013) – now this is my sort of Halloween costume. So here are the pumpkins from Halloween 2013. This is really a challenge to architecture students – you of all people should be designing and carving some kick-ass pumpkins. Might I have been filled with Meade? Let me see those pumpkins!

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I’m a 20 year old architecture student from India and I do believe I’m going through an identity crisis, right in the midst of my submissions too! I’m going to share this with my ACE Mentor Program Students! Something a master machine can’t make. Alan Manning Great! Meghana Hegde So insightful!

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APRIL 30, 2014

Robbie Darling Bob I am an architecture student, and recently I got to design a small dwelling, which included its own small kitchen. As a student architect, I had to design kitchens as a part of larger projects and all that we do is create a space and insert the kitchen triangle into it. Can’t wait for it.

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DECEMBER 4, 2016

I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99 What makes this electric tea kettle so nice is that you can properly make your tea using boiling water.

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MAY 3, 2015

When I first read about it in 2013 I thought: what a great idea! They are (in order): La Cabana Designer : Patrick Beck and Madeline Gonzalez – Miami, Florida, USA Bio : We’re a team of two architecture students (Patrick Beck and Madeline Gonzalez) at the University of Miami.

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Bustler

MARCH 2, 2022

Cornell was amenable to students using a variety of techniques for visual representation, like film, collage, technical drawing, and model-making … pretty much whatever you had at your disposal. I personally leaned into that,” he told The Architectural League NY in a 2020 interview.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Home / Architects / The Costs Associated with becoming an Architect The Costs Associated with becoming an Architect Bob Borson — November 13, 2013 — 117 Comments The costs associated with becoming a licensed architect are out of control. Graduates today are saddled with student loan debts that surpass a mortgage in some states.

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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 did not know any architects. Be Creative.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2013

During the first 16 weeks of 2013, I published a series of blog articles called the Entrepreneur Architect Academy. Each week I introduced one of 12 critical topics fundamental for a successful architecture firm. Thank You for an Amazing 2013. I will share that in another post another day.

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BD+C

APRIL 3, 2023

Welcome to Life of an Architect episode 122: Architecture and Artificial Intelligence Here are the show notes from episode 122: Today we are going to start the process of discussing artificial intelligence and how it is intersecting with the practice of architecture, as well as the education process of architecture students.

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JANUARY 31, 2016

That’s what architecture students did, they built models. Fast forward 20 years and I look around and think: “What happened to all the architectural models?!? We built a scale model of the KHouse Modern project back in August of 2013.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 5, 2014

This past week I was scheduled to be in Chicago for AIAS Forum 2013, the American Institute of Architecture Students national convention. Thirty dedicated minutes on stage to spread the word of Entrepreneur Architect to more than a thousand enthusiastic architecture students. I believe I have found my purpose.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Francisco Tirado: In 2013 I graduated as a licensed architect and like many of us “sons of the financial crisis,” I had to find my way in the industry to make a living. Finding myself on a plane doing aerial professional photography in Denmark was something I never saw coming when I was an architecture student.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

This is a guest post written by my friend Taylor Schaub, a 4th-year undergraduate architecture student at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She’s pursuing a Bachelor of Architecture degree with a minor in Business. A few conversations later and the committee were on our way to inviting Mark to come speak at the event.

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e-architect

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2013 she was a FONCA fellow within the Young Creators Program. Build the Pavilion as part of the International Festival of Architecture and City MEXTRÓPOLI, with the aim of becoming the benchmark, in each edition able to contribute to the festival themes for reflection and discussion on the architecture and the city.

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e-architect

JANUARY 28, 2022

The award for the Final Degree Project, a category for architecture students with a prize of 5,000 Euros, went to Gonzalo López Elorriaga from Madrid School of Architecture for ‘Castilla La MaRcha’. Tile of Spain Awards 2013 Design Contest. FINAL DEGREE PROJECT WINNER. Winners of the 2016 Tile of Spain Awards.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “My First Project”, so I decided to repost a 3-part article I originally published back in 2013. It’s not only the story of my first project, but the complete story of how my wife and architect business partner Annmarie McCarthy and I started our own architecture firm.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 11, 2016

Here is Matthew’s story, as told by his Dad, Rusty: Matthew Long was born May 29th, 2013, happy, and seemingly healthy. Anthony Richardson – That Architecture Student (@anth_rich). Rusty Long is an Architect based in Portsmouth, Virginia, whose son Matthew is fighting for his life. The New New. New Year New Reality.

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Deezen

AUGUST 17, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: we've rounded up seven student projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that explore urbanism and architecture in speculative futures. The word 'airpocalypse' was first used in China in 2013 to describe the levels of toxic smog in the country," explained Xu.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

While this represents progress, both gender and racial inequality and discrimination remains widespread in the architecture industry , from student bodies and educational institutions right through to professional organizations and the workplace as a whole. s Royal Institute of British Architects from 2011 to 2013. Angela Brady.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it. Since I’ve owned a cell phone for a long time now and never lost it, it makes sense that I should own a Bluetooth padlock that I can UNLOCK with my phone! B O O K S ! ! !

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

These days, many students work from home or their apartments since the work is done digitally. Also, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time building basswood models, most of the students I talk to these days send their digital files to a laser cutter and have the pieces of their model cut for them.

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