Community Architect

APRIL 28, 2023

Recently I was invited to participate in a student and faculty architecture trip to Rotterdam. In the two previous articles I covered transportation and architecture. Several students never left the US before or had been on an airplane, or on a bike. This is the last in a series of articles. Klaus Philipsen, FAIA

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

The great thing about architecture school is that you get to hang out in design studio. You’re surrounded by other cool graduate students who have unique backgrounds and so many ideas and experiences to share. For me, Guide to Architecture Schools was worth its weight in gold. That feeling didn’t last long, though.

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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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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Get Lectured , Architect's ongoing highlight of public lectures and events happening at architecture schools across the country, continues with a look today at what’s happening at the Syracuse University School of Architecture this Fall. The month continues on September 28 with D.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This includes anyone not registered to practice architecture in a U.S. or Canadian jurisdiction, graduates from NAAB-accredited programs, architecture students who acquire acceptable experience prior to graduation, and other qualified individuals identified by a registration board.”

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

I’ve heard that architecture majors “have no social life” is that true? Part of this is a response to what your definition of “no social life” means. These days, many students work from home or their apartments since the work is done digitally. Not true – I had a terrific social life.

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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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Young Architect

MAY 22, 2022

Architecture Career? Pursuing an architecture career was definitely the best decision I have ever made in my life. It’s the point of architecture school and the licensing process. Everyone sacrifices something for their architecture career goals with becoming an Architect at some point. Young Architect.

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Shades of Grey

APRIL 30, 2021

Don’t have all the answers yet, but definitely making progress. Merging myself back into the working class as a dropped-out architecture student who felt that I was participating in a renewal of society, belonging to a generation that was breaking through into new ways of living and working. My own family was in transition.

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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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The Aspiring Architect

APRIL 25, 2019

Thankfully (really, miraculously) I somehow got an internship offer after that interview, but I definitely knew I had some areas I needed to drastically improve. For example, during my 4 th year of architecture school, I was the VP of Communications for my sorority. Definitely not enough to get me hired based on it alone.

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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

JANUARY 18, 2015

The higher, more complex areas of math such as calculus hinder many students, but it is the logic pattern of math such as this that is a critical tool in the mind of an architect. Evan Troxel, Architect The architecture school I went to required Trigonometry to get my degree. and this makes you look very capable).

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 15, 2016

I’m not sure that it’s that big a deal nowadays – and it would seem that most graduating architecture students don’t really know how to sketch based on the portfolio’s I’ve seen. Presentation skills are far more important than anybody in school actually realizes. What About Sketching?

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 5, 2018

She dedicated countless hours to mentoring black underprivileged high school students all year round in the NAACP ACT-SO program. INOMA organizes a week long camp devoted to introducing minority junior high students to the AEC construction or architecture construction, engineering industry. So, I stuck with it.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I look at this project now, it makes me think of a highly refined architecture school project. And by “highly refined”, I mean that there are drawings that someone could use to actually build this project … as evidenced by the fact that someone DID actually build this project.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 27, 2014

But publicly admitting that I feel that way would make me a jerk … it definitely makes me feel like a jerk. If you come out of school with your Master’s degree, I would think that would be sufficient for you to move forward/ advance your career. I was the welder with a BA in history trying to switch careers to architecture.

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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. Derek Fordé I’m definitely a dreamer. a bus depot.) Probably too much so.

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EntreArchitect

MAY 22, 2018

Catherine Meng received her bachelor of architecture degree from Cornell University and joined DLR Group Kwan Hemi in 2016 where she focuses on multifamily and student housing projects. I loved architectural school, but I also know there’s times where you hate it. So I was like, I guess I have to go.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

So, as the bright yellow school buses hit the streets, let us go back to school ourselves and learn what it takes to get noticed in this noisy world. It’s their understanding of who we are as architects and a definition of what we do. Sharon George – Architecture By George (@sharonraigeorge). Back to School?

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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. I’m going to share this with my ACE Mentor Program Students! Something a master machine can’t make.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Travel sketchers and architecture students would all enjoy better success if they knew, say how to pull the pencil to keep an even lineweight. I often wonder how much sketching gets used when you reach the “real world” My architecture school puts very heavy emphasis on learning sketching and hand drawing skills.

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Young Architect

JUNE 19, 2022

This series of exams really focuses on the soft skills of practicing architecture. Below is a one sentence definition of each exam: Practice Management (PcM) – Setting up and running an architecture business. . Project Management (PjM) – Managing an Architecture Project. Here is a very short description.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

I want to go to architecture school but I don’t really enjoy making models–the process is quite frustrating for me… should all aspiring architects be passionate about model making? We had college architectural interns make this model – they are in their model-making prime! link] Bob Borson no.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

Not knowing anything other than I should try to get a job in an architectural office, I got whatever job I could. Read Architectural Interns to gain some unique insight into how an architecture student can rise to the top of a pile of resumes and get that coveted architectural intern position.

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e-architect

JANUARY 29, 2023

Architecture Trends Post Covid-19 workplace of the future HyperloopTT Sustainable Transportation Sustainable School Design Land Re-use and Climate Change New vaulted style of floor cuts concrete usage How Brexit Affects Architects The Right Balance for Sustainable Design Transit-Oriented Development Design RICS Digitalisation of Construction Report (..)

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 19, 2018

She’s taught design studios, construction detailing and theory courses at the Boston Architectural College, The Northeastern University and Wentworth Institute of Technology, and was the director of Practice Instruction and Community Engagement Projects at the Boston Architectural College, where she directed nearly 80 student led projects.

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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. I teach my students the same values.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 24, 2018

I’m older than you, so my parents were of the greatest generation and they, for whatever reason parents did in those days, shipped me up to Buffalo, New York for high school where I played football and was an okay student. So 55 percent of the graduates of architecture school will never get a job in architecture.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

the costs of student loans, and general costs of living, and then compare them to the income of a young architect it is ridiculous! My name is Brett Bouwer and I am a third year architecture student at the university of colorado denver. That same school now charges $960 per credit hour. It’s definitely not cheap!

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Deezen

JUNE 17, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a music hall for the deaf community and an architecture typology designed for nomads are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the American University in Dubai. School: Bachelor of Architecture in The School of Architecture, Art and Design.

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e-architect

APRIL 11, 2023

The sculptural architecture, clad in brick and glass, is inspired by the city’s industrial heritage and connects the occupants to the surrounding townscape, mountains and lough. This grand civic building is designed to encourage connections between academics, students, industry, communities and Belfast’s spectacular natural setting.”

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: an arts centre in Bristol , UK, built with a glulam structure to promote sustainable construction is included in this school show by students at Cardiff University. Elysium Middle School is based on the three-tier school system, providing a gradual transfer or stepping stone into secondary education.

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