Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? The person with the most skills typically wins.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Fall is just around the corner and that means it’s time for students around the country to return to their desk’s at architecture school. While it wasn’t mandatory to do your work up on school property, back in my time, this was true for 99.99% of the people in architecture school.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

With the new school term well underway, Archinect continues to highlight exciting lecture programming at architecture schools via our Get Lectured series. Today, we are also taking a special look at anticipated exhibitions, events, and public lectures happening at various Archinect Partner Schools.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This notion—that comfort is paramount in making a space feel like home—is explored in full detail in Witold Rybczynski’s Home: A Short History of an Idea , a book I first encountered in the depths of my father’s office, and read, cover to cover, as a pretentious young person with a passing interest in interiors.

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Archinect

JULY 18, 2022

In the end, he gifted each one of us a book about his large-scale projects and sent us to the steel shop where they were fabricating the Las Vegas "Flashlight." I feel very privileged to have met such great artists in my fourth year in architecture school.

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SW Oregon Architect

APRIL 2, 2023

Back in 2015, a passion for photography sparked when he moved from his small hometown just outside the city to Philadelphia to begin architecture school at Drexel University. Chris’s visual art developed alongside his growing skills as a designer, and this architectural influence is integral to his work.

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30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. You'll use a lot of this in architecture school.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 23, 2022

This latter aspect of the presentations was of particular interest to the students as it provided insight into how “book learning” translates to professional practice. I may have graduated from architecture school decades ago, but I will always remain a student of architecture.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2024

Set to start in autumn 2025, the degree is hoped to foster a generation of architects who will "inspire joyful architecture", in line with the goals of the movement. Loughborough University 's architecture school is the first academic institution to join forces with the initiative. It aims to put Heatherwick's ideas into action.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 28, 2022

Discover contemporary leaders, like MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang, spearheading sustainable design initiatives, reimagining cities as equitable spaces, and directing architecture schools. An essential read for architecture students, architects, and anyone interested in how buildings are created and the history behind them.

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Young Architect

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When Travis applied for Architecture school, he didn’t get in right away, but he was undeterred and applied again the following year to Auburn University’s Architecture Program. Going into his 5th and final year of school he realized he was out of money. What architecture school was like for Travis.

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Young Architect

MAY 16, 2022

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Young Architect

DECEMBER 27, 2021

These experiences further reinforced for her that architecture was the right path for her, and she continued on to study architecture in college. In today’s episode, she explains what architecture school was like for her, what made her want to be licensed, and what the licensing process was like for her. .

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Young Architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In today’s episode, Glen explains what architecture school was like for him, what he did after architecture school, and how he transitioned into his own business. What You’ll Hear on This Episode: What inspired Glen to go into architecture . What architecture school was like for Glen.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 6, 2017

After responding to a hopeful architect on Dwell.com I decided to flesh out my answer and include more books. Naturally there is some overlap and some of these books could fit in multiple headings, this is architecture after all. Covey – This is a universally loved book by people in every field.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert , a recipient of the prestigious RIBA Royal Gold Medal , has passed away at the age of 98. Rykwert, also a well-known critic and writer known for seminal books such as The Idea of a Town, died on 18 October 2024.

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Young Architect

DECEMBER 1, 2021

In high school, she took drafting classes and joined a group for engineering and architecture. Starting after her junior year in high school, she also worked for an architecture firm. When she was getting ready to go to college, she only applied to architecture schools. . How Leslie started her own business.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Monographs are an unavoidable part of architecture books.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

JANUARY 17, 2022

With Until Proven Safe , they bring us a book as compelling as it is definitive, not only urgent reading for social-distanced times but also an up-to-the-minute investigation of the interplay of forces–––biological, political, technological––that shape our modern world.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

An Alphabet of Architectural Models Edited by Teresa Frankhänel, Olivia Horsfall Turner, Simona Valeriani, Matthew Wells Merrell , October 2021 Flexicover | 6-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches | 128 pages | 88 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9781858946979 | $37.95 Teresa Fankhänel is a Curator at the Architekturmuseum der Technischen Universität, Munich.

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Young Architect

MARCH 14, 2022

Brad decided to look into the profession of Architecture when a teacher of his in high school noticed that he excelled in math and suggested he might excel in architecture also. That propelled Brad to go to Architecture school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His struggles in navigating school.

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Dwell

MAY 7, 2024

I’ve had it for about thirteen years and got it at my first job after architecture school, working with a design group called Ball-Nogues Studio. Since then, mirrors have fascinated me as one of the best tricks in the design book. Some just-for-fun photo shoots ended up shifting her perspective on the power of light.

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Young Architect

APRIL 5, 2022

That was when he knew he wanted to learn real estate and Architecture. After being told in high school that he should not go to Architecture School, Chris got an internship at a local firm and decided he had too much ambition not to pursue his dreams. He went full force into Architecture School. A Notebook.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Promotion: Hong Kong-based architecture school My ArchiSchool has launched its latest curriculum that aims to transform "major components of architectural design processes" into modules children can understand.

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Young Architect

AUGUST 24, 2021

What You’ll Hear on This Episode: What inspired Nikki to pursue a career in architecture. Where Nikki went to architecture school. The book that changed everything for Nikki. The book that changed everything for Nikki . Where Nikki is working now and what she’s doing. Nikki’s licensing exams. It’s been my AirPods.”

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Deezen

JUNE 24, 2022

Launching next month during the architecture school's Youth ArchiDesign Exhibition, Shall We? 10 Sustainable Urban Architecture Concepts by My ArchiSchool features the work of ten students. The book contains 80 pages. The book is available to buy from the My ArchiSchool online shop.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 15, 2023

Artificial intelligence analyzed data and neural networking to predict how frequently members booked specific meeting room types. The analyses found some rooms were perpetual favorites, always booked and always highly rated by members. They also designed offices using machine learning.

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Young Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2021

She talks about getting licensed and about the architecture in ministry projects that she’s currently excited about. . What You’ll Hear on This Episode: What inspired Gwendoline to go into architecture . What architecture school was like for Gwendoline. What happened for Gwendoline after school.

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Young Architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

What You’ll Hear on This Episode: What inspired Stephen to pursue a career in architecture. Where Stephen went to architecture school. What happened after architecture school. Architecture Social. Architecture Social. The book that changed everything for Stephen. What Stephen is doing today.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 4, 2014

As I am preparing for my week away, I ordered two books that have been on my Amazon wish list for a while. I’ve read most of what Seth Godin has written, but Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us is a quick little book that has not yet graced my night table. A third book has been waiting in my cue over at Audible.com for weeks now.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 18, 2022

My first project in architecture school was an exploration of the cube. The semester comprised a series of exercises meant to introduce us to architecture slowly and methodically. We graduated [.].

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Edited by Eric Mumford | Alphawood Foundation | 2022 | Hardcover | 9-3/4 x 11-3/4 inches | 224 pages | 300+ illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780578921129 | $55.00 ( BOTH BOOKS CAN BE PURCHASED ON THE WRIGHTWOOD 659 WEBSITE.) As such, the first volume on Ando is more valuable and appealing, in my mind, than the second volume on Corbusier.

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Young Architect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

She took a quiz at her library that evaluated her skills and suggested fields that she would excel in, and that quiz suggested architecture. Having decided to become an architect, Jessica looked up architecture schools and applied to some of the top-ranked ones, not realizing at the time that one of them was an Ivy League school.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2023

Cappellini teaches as a visiting professor in several design and architecture schools worldwide and has organised exhibitions and events globally. King regularly contributes to publications including Architectural Digest and Elle Decor. King regularly contributes to publications including Architectural Digest and Elle Decor.

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Architizer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Browse the Architizer Jobs Board and apply for architecture and design positions at some of the world's best firms. Architecture school is difficult. The history of the Académie d’Architecture is surveyed brilliantly in Alexander Griffin’s accessible 2020 book, The Rise of Academic Architectural Education.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Jim Horan, author of The One Page Business Plan series of books says, “The greatest value in creating a business plan is not the final document. The post Things I Didn’t Learn at Architecture School (But Need to Know): How do I start and keep a business alive? In fact, I recommend that it not be. Start with just one page.

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Brandon Donnelly

MAY 4, 2022

So I instead used the tallest book I could find in the room as a measuring stick. It happenend to be the above book by Hollywood photographer Matthew Rolston. Sadly, I forgot to pack my tape measure on this trip.

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