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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JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

I am taking an architecture class at my local community college and the professor is encouraging me to complete their program in addition to my Masters. I am 25, however, and this would keep me in school for significantly longer. Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 3:01 PM Hi Bruce, Congratulations – what a terrific piece of news!

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

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APRIL 13, 2014

Home / Life in General / Motivation – and why it’s important Motivation – and why it’s important Bob Borson — April 14, 2014 — 27 Comments It’s Sunday morning, it’s raining outside, I’m really tired, and the consensus around the house is to lay about, read books and watch television.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

It was my first year in architecture school at UH, and it was in the Architecture History class from Prof. Ando was my hero until I found Mr. Meier Kevin Keller The building that got me into architecture isn’t anything world renown, it is my childhood home. Burdett Keeland that I did learned of the name Tadao Ando.

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APRIL 6, 2014

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days. Especially in planning firms.

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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. Life can be very conflicting sometimes.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

It isn’t unreasonable to think an intern would be far more knowledgeable than the licensed architect, sitting just a few feet over, in some of the various methods and technologies that architectural firms employ. ” If you ask most recent architecture school graduates “just how different is the real world from college?”

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FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. This could be almost anything within the field of architecture – it doesn’t necessarily stick to one thing. Home / Architects / Should I be an Architect? Should I be an Architect?

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Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

For aspiring architects, the rule is first encountered as students when they enter architectural school and are told that one half of the students in their class will drop out either in the first year or no later than before graduation. And only one half of those who stay will form their own firms or become principals in a larger firm.

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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. My summer jobs with architectural firms provided my spending money through the year.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Art Vandelay “Most firms will cover some or all costs associated with exams and initial license” None of the half dozen firms in which I have worked with during the last 7 years have. I believe the firm paying for your licensing is a pre-2008 standard and is now considered overhead as opposed to an investment.

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OCTOBER 11, 2015

Architectural schools are often staffed with educators who are ill at ease actually practicing in the “real world”. By extension, it leads we architects to feel we have a better path, a path that we know and you should all be following; taken to an extreme it can make us elitist and at its worst cynical.

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MARCH 30, 2014

Home / Construction / Building with Structural Insulated Panels … or SIPs Building with Structural Insulated Panels … or SIPs Bob Borson — March 31, 2014 — 75 Comments We are building the CHouse Modern using Structurally Insulated Panels, or SIPs as they are commonly referenced. Send to Email Address.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

The work involved in setting up your design firm can be overwhelming and 99% of it was never taught to you in school. How to Build and Maintain a Strong Client Base for Your A/E Firm by PSMJ – Several years ago I met PSMJ founder Frank Stasiowski at an AIA conference after he gave a presentation.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

Many people have said it reminds them of being in architecture school, except now we’re focused on exams. . Many architecture firms subscribe to the Black Spectacles Firm License for their staff. Around 2014 shortly before ARE 5.0 The ARE Boot Camp is also a very social program. Practice Exams.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

EntreArchitect.com/freecourse , download it right now, we’ll teach you how to build a thriving, profitable small business for your architecture firm. Freshbooks, the cloud based accounting software that makes running your small firm easy, fast and secure. I loved architecture school and never looked back.

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MAY 18, 2014

Home / Competition / The Finalists – LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition The Finalists – LoaA 2014 Playhouse Design Competition Bob Borson — May 19, 2014 — 27 Comments The 3rd Annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition had an amazing turnout this year. heard around the.

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e-architect

MARCH 18, 2023

The members of the group are recent graduates from theater, art and architecture schools. 5 May 2014 Summer House in Zapallar Architect: Enrique Browne photographs : Guy Wenborne, Gonzalo Romero and Enrique Browne Summer House in Zapallar The site of this holiday house is long and very inclined.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 16, 2014

Competitions are a integral part of the architecture experience. Since architecture school and throughout our careers, design competitions provide a vehicle for architects to promote our talents and showcase our skills. or Canada, and, if operating an existing design firm, must have been in business for five years or less.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Home to McGill University, one of the most prestigious architecture schools in the country, the city constantly produces new pieces of architecture that do not fit under any specific trend or movement but rather steadily push the boundaries of contemporary architecture. How are these architecture firms ranked?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

That project was the first opportunity I had to exist on my own as a professional, it gave me the confidence and understanding I could do this for myself and set me on a path to starting my own firm. Dar Williams – End of the Summer I discovered Dar Williams about the time I started my firm. Send to Email Address.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

One of the items in that post was the list “ Top 5 Reasons to work in a Small Architectural Firm ” which is somewhat biased because I didn’t really represent the benefits to working in a large architectural firm. Democratic Work Ethics Some firms, mine included will tend to have an open space office.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 16, 2020

Architecture market analysis: Denmark, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Where do architectural firms find their potential customers, how do they meet, and what does the architecture market look like in these places? For countless decades, architecture firms have been dependent on word-of-mouth tactics.

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Community Architect

JUNE 9, 2022

My friend and Morgan architecture professor Cristina Murphy who also does teaching stints at Virginia Tech and the Technische Universiteit in Delf t (Netherlands) has tailored her studios around this question. She wrote this guest contribution describing her approach to teaching equity in architecture school.

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