Life of an Architect

JANUARY 14, 2019

From the very beginning, I made it an objective of mine to respond to every comment and email I received … no matter what. One of the most frequent questions I get through the contact form on the site is from students in college who are currently struggling in school.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

Surviving Architectural School Despite the urban legends that you’ve heard about that person who stayed awake for 6 straight days to finish his project, Architecture school is terrific. Here are a few tips that can help make your experience in architecture studio that much better and more rewarding.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 14, 2019

From the very beginning, I made it an objective of mine to respond to every comment and email I received … no matter what. One of the most frequent questions I get through the contact form on the site is from students in college who are currently struggling in school.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist. I constantly find myself sketching just to understand ideas, forms, and various concepts and my firm looks to me a lot to prepare and execute sketch renderings for clients and projects. The Lantern House -.

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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. maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that!

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

It was my first year in architecture school at UH, and it was in the Architecture History class from Prof. For an out of the way corner of an out of the way state, NW Arkansas packs quite an architectural punch. Each time we go home to Michigan, we make a pilgrimage to drive by this house… still love it.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

It also helps me know which rolls of trace paper in the office are mine. I’ve come to believe that if you can sketch well enough to convey your ideas, our clients are the real winners. Depending on the architecture school themselves, hand drafting and sketching may be a big part of it or barely existent.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 4, 2014

I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and this event was most likely going to be filled with ex-professors and old classmates of mine. As sweet as it is, it is not mine. While I don’t suffer from stage fright, I do suffer from “looking like an idiot” fright.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

Do you know how to calculate the exact amount you need to charge your clients in order to earn 20 percent profit on that project? I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it. Listen to this podcast episode or download the audio file here. Start Transcript. It’s simple to do.

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SW Oregon Architect

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA (photo by Codera23, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) An earlier blog entry of mine, “ Genealogy of Influence ,” promised a series of posts about the architects and theorists who influenced my architectural world view. This is the latest post in the series. As I write this it is Super Bowl Sunday.

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

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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. It becomes easier to tell the client “No, that’s crap and I’m not designing it that way!”

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Life of an Architect

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. Learning is certainly a great by-product of the experience, but so is growing up. i think i can draw well.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

And I said, well, you know, when I went to sleep at night, really my whole life, I’ve thought about how a chair gets made or a roof gets put on, you know, when I was 16 I was thinking this way, said, okay, so I’ll go to architecture school. Your clients are for a brief period of time. It’s not for profit.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. Frank Lloyd Wright Nourish the Vines(Clients) that feed your business and they will grow in the right direction. Provide them with an inferior product and your clients will die off and never pass along a good word or come back.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

I am not bad at math and architecture as we know, it’s not just about. I loved architecture school and never looked back. That can be on your next fee proposal, not lowering the number before the client tells you that it’s too high. LePage: 06:49 .

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

I personally feel that having fewer licensed architects is bad for the profession because good designers will go unlicensed and clients will start to recognize (correctly) that they can hire unlicensed designers who are equally qualified to do the work. Mine is based on the law in many of the states I carry an architectural license.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Brandon Tyler Carr I’m still in Architecture School, so this post will pretty much broaden my arena for studio. Being Asian parents they just couldn’t comprehend. 4) Fenix TX – Self Title - –Who doesn’t love some early 2000′s pop punk to boost a good mood? Following my casual advice is at your own peril.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 9, 2014

Democratic Work Ethics Some firms, mine included will tend to have an open space office. All of this information would be used to create a visual presentation for the client – powerpoint presentations, wall prints and brochures would be typical formats. This will continue from the next conceptual stages and beyond.

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