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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

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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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The Architect's Questionnaire: Gabe Fonseca

Portland Architecture

It was not until college that I seriously considered architecture as a path for me. I was sitting in the dorm lounge with other dorm mates when a friend of mine came in and mentioned that he was off to audit an architecture class. The client was a nonprofit developer of affordable housing. I decided to go.

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Ten architecture and landscape projects by Academy of Art University

Deezen

The design aims to provide children with a warm place, help them regain their lost identities and give them a sense of belonging to a culture through the local architecture." "In Zhaoxing village, with the development of tourism, local inhabitants have returned to work in their hometowns.

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Kevin O'Brien, Sky Hopinka, and layers of meaning in the landscape

Portland Architecture

O'Brien, who like me was born in 1972 and turned 50 this year, spent a week here this fall as a Portland State University visiting lecturer, culminating in a student design workshop in October. A friend of mine, Morgan Neill, who is the deputy director at the National Museum of Australia, put this fantastic exhibition on it.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas – 2016

Life of an Architect

I have 3 of these models in my own house and I have given two additional casts away as gifts to really good friends of mine. I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99

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My First Project: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t

Life of an Architect

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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Architectural Studio - 4 Questions | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Also, where I spent a ridiculous amount of time building basswood models, most of the students I talk to these days send their digital files to a laser cutter and have the pieces of their model cut for them. Do you know the true purpose of an architectural portfolio? . Not just with clients, but colleagues as well.