Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

So you’ve graduated from architecture school and received a university degree in architecture – so what happens next? No matter the size of the architectural firm, almost all of them have a similar set of roles to be filled in order to run the firm and make it successful.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Since the bloom of artificial intelligence (AI), countless articles have been written on how AI tools are utilized throughout the architectural industry. So, the question arises: Should universities introduce AI into the architecture school curriculum, and if so, how should it become integrated? appeared first on Journal.

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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? What’s the Right sized firm for you?

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

When beginning architecture school, a student is introduced to four basic design elements: Point, Line, Plane, and Volume. These elements serve as the backbone to crafting an effective design proposal and successful project for a design firm. The process for designing a building requires these four elements to operate.

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Architizer

JUNE 9, 2023

The end of the Pinochet regime was an important moment for architecture in Chile, leading to a boom in architecture schools and a broader curriculum. With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2023

As architecture schools everywhere prepare for end-of-year reviews, final exhibitions, and commencement ceremonies, below is a selection of upcoming events from a few of our Archinect Partner Schools. Pratt Institute School of Architecture hosts. Image courtesy of A Rising Tide.

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Archinect

MARCH 23, 2022

Prince spoke about her collaboration with new American Academy member and Yale SoA Dean Deborah Berke on a project called Design for Freedom that looks to hold the industry into account for support unethical labor practices by creating a database that is exclusive of firms with a known history of dealing with sordid entities at the front end of the (..)

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Young Architect

AUGUST 30, 2023

Young Architect Foundations of Success: Orion’s Journey from Construction Sites to Architectural Firms In this episode of The Young Architect Podcast, we dive deep into the journey highlighting the success of Orion Watkins, an Architect who has seen it all. Even in the throes of a recession, Orion displayed unmatched resilience.

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Architizer

APRIL 7, 2022

Nowadays, the city remains home to preeminent architectural schools such as UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture. So it’s no wonder that the city is home to a bevy of heavyweight firms and up-and-coming studios whose names are known locally and abroad. How are these architecture firms ranked?

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Architizer

APRIL 21, 2023

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Hong Kong based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The story of growing Kohn Pedersen Fox from 3 partners to an international architecture firm of 700+. In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Gene inspired me that day in 1992.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 23, 2022

This past Thursday evening, representatives from three AIA Oregon firms presented projects currently in design for scrutiny by University of Oregon architecture students in the 2022 Reverse Crit. I may have graduated from architecture school decades ago, but I will always remain a student of architecture.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

"I love fun—not taking design seriously is very important," says García, who founded the studio as a pandemic project along with her friends Lorena Madahuar and Oaxaca-based textile designer Natalia Ramirez, whom she met during high school in Switzerland. The studio works with some 20 makers to realize its designs.

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BD+C

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

So you’ve graduated from architecture school and received a university degree in architecture—so what happens next? What if you don’t want to be a designer, maybe you have interests in how buildings are detailed and built, the selection of materials and finishes, firm management. What exactly does an architect do?

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Architecture Here and There

AUGUST 21, 2022

Andrés Jaque has just been named dean of the architecture school at Columbia University. He replaces Amale Andraos, who will advise university president Lee Bollinger on his new Columbia Climate School. Jaque founded and is principal of the firm Office for Political Innovation , in New York and Madrid. Keep reading.

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Young Architect

APRIL 5, 2022

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. What you’ll hear in this episode: What inspired Chris to study Architecture.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Topic | Architecture School: Educating the Profession. The post #EntreArchitectChat Transcript 120512 | Architecture School: Educating the Profession appeared first on EntreArchitect // Small Firm Entrepreneur Architects. Join us again next week at 9PM EST on Twitter.com.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 10, 2023

In 1992 Gene Kohn, Chairman and Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) spoke at my architecture school. I was a 22-year-old architecture student and a born entrepreneur. Below is the talk Gene presented at the EntreArchitect Business Summit for our community of small firm architects. Gene inspired me that day.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Two senior faculty members have resigned from Californian architecture school SCI-Arc after an investigation was launched into the labour practices of the school's staff this spring. The scrutinisation of architectural schools has become an international trend this year.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world. My parents thought I should go into a different major, but I really wanted to be an architect, so I went to architecture school. I was still in architecture school as everyone else graduated.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2022

Gyo Obata, co-founder of the St Louis-based architecture firm HOK , has passed away at the age of 99. The firm would go on to complete projects all over the United States, Europe and Asia. The news of Obata's death on 8 March 2022 was announced by HOK, which shared a retrospective of his life and works on its website.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 19, 2016

Wintner, AIA, Emeritus, an architecture management consultant and co-author of the book, Financial Management for Design Professionals: The Path to Profitability. To learn more about Steve and his firm Management Consulting Services, visit his website at ManagementConsultingServices.com. Respectfully, Steve L. Wintner, AIA Emeritus.

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Archinect

AUGUST 31, 2023

I got my first real full-time architecture job after my undergrad in July. It's a full-time position at a firm with projects I've always admired. The reason I'm older than most people who've finished their undergrad is that I worked and studied in other fields before I went to architecture school. I’m 26.

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2024

It often felt more like the continuation of design studios at architecture school rather than the office environment one often encounters when starting practice at a firm." "Instead what I got was an ever-surprising, and often transitional-feeling set of adapted spaces that defied truisms of the basic needs of an office." "It

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

xico (UNAM) architecture school, and have been collaborating professionally since 2017. Other projects in Mexico City include an apartment renovation in the renowned CUPA tower by local firm Escobedo Soliz , and a courtyard block with a "secret garden" at its centre, by CPDA Arquitectos. noma de Me?xico

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Young Architect

DECEMBER 27, 2021

In her Junior and Senior years of high school, she also did an internship at an architecture firm. These experiences further reinforced for her that architecture was the right path for her, and she continued on to study architecture in college. What architecture school was like for LeEllen.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2024

The terrace will have a variety of lounge spaces Arquitectonica was founded in 1977 and has carried out several high-profile architecture projects, especially in Miami, where it created the building that houses the University of Miami's architecture school.

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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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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 15, 2023

1) Miguel graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Oregon (Class of 1999) and was a member of the UO men’s basketball team while at the school. (2) to get back into architecture. 2) My firm provided Miguel with an office practicum for one academic quarter while he was in architecture school.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

So I thought I would put together an architectural job “starter kit” of all the things you should be paying attention to if you’re planning on getting a job at an architectural office. My experience demands that I champion the advantages of working in a small firm, it’s what I know and love.

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Portland Architecture

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Educated and beginning his career in Montana, Doug Minarik first came to Portland in 2008, where he spent three years at SRG Partnership and then two years at Works Progress Architecture, before founding his own firm in 2013. . PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE: When did you first become interested in architecture as a possible career?

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. They establish the discipline required for financial success and the freedom to develop a portfolio of highly developed architecture. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Listen carefully. But I don’t say that.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. You might recognize Michael as the namesake principal of the firm where Bob and I now work. Arch at UT Austin.

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Architizer

MARCH 20, 2023

Evelyn Lee is the Head of Workplace Strategy and Innovation at Slack Technologies, founder of Practice of Architecture , and co-host of the podcast, Practice Disrupted. She takes inspiration from her experience in tech and outside of the profession to reimagine practice operations for firms.

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Young Architect

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

He explains how he took all the pieces of Architecture, design and construction that he loved, left out all the pieces he did not enjoy and built himself a thriving business. Since starting Design Craft Workshop in 2020, Bao has found more fulfillment in his career than ever before.

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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. .

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The team worked with the American branch of German-based 3D-construction company PERI 3D Construction as well as engineering firm CIVE to design the home, using a COBOD BOD2 gantry printer and printable concrete for the construction. Hannah was founded by Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic, assistant professors at Cornell's architecture school.

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