Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

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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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School. This fantastic Guest blog post about: How to Find the Best Architecture Graduate School was written by Architect John Maternoski. Or you’ve been out of school and working for a while. For me, Guide to Architecture Schools was worth its weight in gold.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School. This fantastic Guest blog post about: Finding the Best Architecture Graduate Program for YOU was written by Architect John Maternoski. Or you’ve been out of school and working for a while. For me, Guide to Architecture Schools was worth its weight in gold.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 9, 2021

I believe architectural education needs to train architects to recognize and harness our innate desire to create. Architecture school need to teach architects how to better listen, communicate, as well as design. His blog, Saved By Design has received over 100,000 hits in the last few years. Its silly to say “Change.”

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 14, 2019

On January 14th, 2010 my life was irrevocably changed, mostly for the better, when I decided to start a blog site and start talking about what it meant to be, and work with, an architect. During the first year, most of my time was spent learning new skills, preparing graphics and writing blog posts.

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Architects Tales

APRIL 1, 2019

25 for the blog, architects-tales.com, Copyright 2019 by Dale R. 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. As Roger K.

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Jane Griswold Radocchia

MAY 3, 2024

William Ware wrote The American Vignola in 1903 as a guide for his students at the Architectural School of Columbia University. The books from which I have copied illustrations or quotes for this blog are listed in alphabetical order by author. Here's his Plate XVII with many pediments. 34 William Ware noted that ".if

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The Aspiring Architect

JANUARY 15, 2018

I thought time went by fast in architecture school, but geez, when you start working and time becomes relative to which project you were working on versus what month it was, time starts going by much faster. Blog more !!! Schedule my time to make sure I blog and 3. They are so right. Write a book. Break Routines.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 14, 2019

On January 14th, 2010 my life was irrevocably changed, mostly for the better, when I decided to start a blog site and start talking about what it meant to be, and work with, an architect. During the first year, most of my time was spent learning new skills, preparing graphics and writing blog posts.

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Architecture Here and There

APRIL 3, 2022

I replied to my correspondents eagerly, happy to have found a co-conspirator who believed a century ago what I have maintained for 30 years in my Providence Journal columns and my blog. ’ ” It is said that design and architectural schools’ first job is to purge students of their instinct for beauty.

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The Aspiring Architect

JULY 23, 2017

You may remember back in April that I asked for your help in voting for my blog, The Aspiring Architect, to win the 2017 JDR Blogger Award for Best Architecture Blog. if they are in school OR to help cover the costs of 1 ARE if they are testing. The Winner will also be listed on The Aspiring Architect Blog.

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Wolf Architects

JULY 18, 2024

Over the last few decades, architectural education has focused heavily on creative design concepts and project typologies that are uncommon in everyday practice. Students are often given grand projects like stadiums or airports, but how many airports does each city need?

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. As I entered architecture school, it happened too quickly. Architecture is not about the money. Go Back to School. No More Starving Artist. Does that sound familiar?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 11, 2020

At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. At one point or another, every architecture student or graduate has a portfolio of their work that they have agonized over creating. What sort of information do I put in them?

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

All my Professors, fellow students, former employers and coworkers, family members, librarians, neighbors, long-time family friends, and even the friends I made who worked at the art supply store. In his world, I was just a cheap architecture student day laborer. It Took a Village. My boss was a difficult man.

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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. She’s a confirmed studio rat and has done well there so far but has seen other students eviscerated during crits. And looking back I think I probably had a better school experience for it.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

This week, I am sharing blogging duties with a friend and active supporter of Entrepreneur Architect. He is the founder of Young Architect, a blog featuring articles about design, the architecture registration exam , entrepreneurship, and his journey as a young architect. It Took a Village. My boss was a difficult man.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Organized by AIA Dallas since 1974, KRob has awarded prizes to works that best represent the artistic qualities of architecturally inspired drawings created digitally or by hand. This competition is a big deal and there are typically hundreds of entries from all over the world from both professionals, students and all points in between.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Number 2 Your Projects from Architecture School are Silly September 4, 2014 Projects in architectural school tend to be somewhat outrageous – designing something to exist on the dark side of the moon isn’t all that unlikely. Blog Career Construction Design Do you want to be an Architect?

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. Be included.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

APRIL 11, 2022

Here is the 42nd installment of "Book Briefs," the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

The general consensus from the feedback on that article was that I was wasn’t wrong … I would like to add a few more chapters to the topic of architectural interns and demonstrate that being an architectural intern doesn’t always have to be a mostly empty experience of model building and material library organizing.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

Love the blog, Jordan Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 4:03 PM Hi Bruce, I can’t speak to the specifics as to whether or not welding is a good segue into architecture but I would think it has helped you with some three-dimensional thinking skills – and those are the hardest to develop in my opinion. Hopefully this helps in some way.

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Architizer

JULY 23, 2024

Inspired by her global experiences, she shares captivating insights into the world’s most extraordinary cities and buildings and provides travel tips on her blog, The Travel Album. Dear architecture students, this one’s for you! In fact, I recall feeling frustrated in school when I had to work with others or in a team.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

Once I arrived, I told the secretary that I was interested in architecture and would love to see Mr. Zeckendorf’s private office if possible. I did not say I was an architecture student, which I certainly was not. I was just a kid. ” The office is pictured above. Painting of London Bridge by Bernard Buffet.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll take a broad look at the study materials available for ALL the ARE 5.0 This blog post will focus on study materials about each exam. To make things easier, a table of contents is provided below to help you navigate this blog post. These 2 terms are referred to throughout this entire blog post series.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 11, 2017

There were hundreds of architecture students graduating that spring and they were all competing for the same few positions available in the region. Every summer since my senior year in high school I worked on construction sites, learning the trade up close and studying the psychology of the architect/contractor relationship.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 12, 2014

I had many interesting conversations with architecture students while I was in Chicago. It was very interesting that many of them had similar questions to those I receive every day from the licensed architects who follow this blog. My answer to those students, as well as to anyone else concerned with this very volatile issue?

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. Which would explain why I’m at this blog. a bus depot.) Probably too much so.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 23, 2014

Special thanks to Bob for opening up his blog to the interns. My name is John Charbonneau and I am a second year graduate student at the University of Texas Tech. I received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 2013. Career a day in the life architects office Architecture School career'

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 8, 2015

Seeds planted in architecture school bloom into a full-on virus as professionals launch their own firms and find their way to small business. As I entered architecture school, it happened too quickly. Architecture is not about the money. Go Back to School. How to Rewrite the Story of Our Profession.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

The new federal facility is located on the campus of Kansas State University, which happens to be my alma mater, though it is at a bit of a remove from the main campus that I traversed in architecture school decades ago. Ebola is one such pathogen — not something students want to be near on any regular basis.

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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. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Filmmaking specialising in Cinematography. I am also an enthusiastic reader of your blog!

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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. So, here it is… a promise fulfilled.

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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. Deciding to write this blog has in many ways become a watershed moment for me in my career.

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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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EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

After getting into architecture school, one of the first things you learn is that the profession requires a lot of sacrifices and many years in order to reach success. During studies, students are mostly taught separately about spatial organization, the basics of structural design, and, perhaps, energy efficiency.

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