Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

To help answer this particular question, I have written over 50 articles in the last 5 years that have the “ Do you want to be an architect ” tag on them. This was the very first “Top Ten” list I ever wrote and in some ways, this is the most important article on my site. ” you ask? Who are these people?

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Did you know that I wrote and published 66 articles this year on Life of an Architect? 9 Architectural Sketches – Keep or Throw Away? Published : 12 January 2015 Views : 17,486 Why You Should Read it : Do Architects hang on to their sketches? What if they can sketch “well enough”?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Depending on the level of participation, we might even curate some of the pictures into an article on the Texas Society of Architects website. ” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. on my project notes” #sketch.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

It was a big inspiration to me during architecture school. Marianne Brignac Great creativity – great talent – thx for the architectural eye candy sketches! Thanks for the article and the link. Enough talking … here are some of the recognized entries from last years event.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 2, 2015

I have told this story many times before but I am going to tell it again because people keep asking me this question and I can’t really blame them for not searching through the millions and millions of articles I have written.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2017

If you are an architectural student – or a young architecture school graduate – Architectural Portfolios are extremely important. Resumes are important, they can help you get an interview, but few people coming out of architecture school will ever get hired based on their zippy resume.

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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. Sameera Kommireddy That was one intruding article. I know I believe it. I’m 19. Doing my Btech in India.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( 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. good timing for your article today!

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

I went to architecture graduate school a few years ago, and I’ve had some time since then to reflect on the experience. Non-Architecture Undergrad Will Have to do some Prep Work. Let’s kick this article off with a shout-out to everyone who’s applying to grad school in architecture, but doesn’t have an architectural background.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

For the purposes of today’s article, I am going to assume that all architectural drawings are correct and serve their purpose of conveying intent, scope and quantity. When I graduated from architecture school in 199[mumble-mumble], computers were not that prevalent. Great article as per usual. Rob Kuhn Also?

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Lines on Paper

JANUARY 4, 2022

This is why in the earlier years of architecture school, students are asked to make cardboard models, and prototypes and scale models of their furniture designs. Schools understand the value in the fabrication of these physical entities; they have presence, they can sit on a table in the studio to encourage a passing comment.

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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. Thank you for all your shared content.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

I went to graduate school a few years ago, and I’ve had some time since then to reflect on the experience. Non-Architecture Undergrad Will Have to do some Prep Work. Let’s kick this article off with a shout-out to everyone who’s applying to grad school in architecture, but doesn’t have an undergraduate degree in architecture.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

When you are in the weeds of construction documents, RFI’s, AFP’s, and need a mind refresher, pick up Thinking Architecture. Tadao Ando Conversations With Students by Tadao Ando – Ando has always been one of my favorite architects since I “discovered” him at my undergrad architecture school library.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 11, 2015

There’s always another article to read, another gadget to buy, or another video to watch. What excites me most about practicing architecture today is that there are no rules, only possibilities. When I graduated architecture school in 1996, I saw a singular, linear path to professional practice.

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Architecture Quote

JULY 13, 2020

The reality of dating an architect might involve more coffee than champagne, and looking at the same sketch for 2 months. And anything else architecture related. Besides books, the flat is also covered in anything other architecture-related. Sketches flying around the rooms like paper planes, sometimes folded into one.

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Lines on Paper

JUNE 12, 2021

It sounds more like the system is preparing them for the workforce when in fact, many (given the right mentoring) will continue their architecture education in Part 2 and beyond. l Your portfolio which should contain a few select projects that best describe you, your design interest and skills.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

I hope these articles have been helpful. The most successful projects though are the ones where we fully understand the people living and working within the architecture we design. Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

As I write this article as a 30-year-old man, four years later, my perception and perspective on this topic — regarding race, equity and reparations — have drastically evolved. The examples they sent me were of classical, colonial-looking architecture instead of a more traditional African aesthetic, which I would have preferred.

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