working on your own house sucks
From Life of an Architect, Working on your own House Sucks: Excerpt: “As an architect I am here to tell you that designing and preparing drawings for work on your own house sucks. This isn’t news to...
View Article‘Be Prepared’– One Easy Way to Get Some Street-Cred on the Job
So it’s your first Architecture job, or your first week at a new job… You don’t know much that’s useful (yet), you’re not sure how to fit in, and then you get tapped to join a project Architect out on...
View Articlewhat to do when clients don’t value design
From Architecture w/ Vat Jaiswal, an interesting video on what to do with clients who don’t value design. (original article here) Description: “In this video, Ron Hoffart discusses architect-client...
View Articlencarb white paper – the necessity of an architect during construction
From the National Council for Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), a whitepaper discussing the Necessity of an Architect During Construction. Some Background: “In the spring of 1981, NCARB polled...
View ArticleAmerica’s Top Architecture Schools
From Architectural Record, 2013′s Listing of America’s Top Architecture Schools. Excerpt: “The Art of Ranking Architecture Education Rankings rankle. Whether the rankings are for colleges and...
View Article10 myths why you don’t need an architect during construction
From think | architect, 10 Myths Why you don’t need an Architect during Construction: Dear building owner, did you retain your architect’s services during construction? If the answer is no, why not?...
View ArticleNothing is Impossible if you can Delegate
From The Achievement Centre Knowledgebase, ‘Nothing is Impossible if you can Delegate‘: “Do you feel you have too much to do and too little time in which to do it? If the answer is yes, you may not be...
View ArticleArchitecture Education: The Importance of the Professor
The professors found in schools of architecture are a diverse group of individuals with various backgrounds and experience, and it is through their teachings that students learn the skills necessary to...
View ArticleWhich has more weight – your university or your portfolio?
Some interesting discussion on Arch Daily, ‘Which has more weight, your University or your Portfolio’ Excerpt: “Recently, cynicism has been circulating the professional world about what a degree from a...
View ArticleGood Grades does NOT a Good Designer Make
From The Underdog Architecture Student’s Blog, Good Grades does NOT a Good Designer Make: Excerpt: Good Grades does NOT a Good Designer Make “This post is for the architecture student that has...
View ArticleLooking beyond Architecture Studios for Inspiration
“Successful students both in terms of peer ratings and staff awarded marks, were not necessarily high attenders, indeed some of them attended the studio well below average for their groups. If...
View Articleinstagramming the student experience
From Archinect, ‘Instagraming the Student Experience‘, Excerpt below, link to full article at the bottom: A number of students, and yes staff too, have been documenting their experiences at the...
View ArticleBalancing Architectural Theory with Practical Education
“Educators in architecture say debates over the appropriate balance between theory and practice have been going on for centuries. On one side, educators argue that graduate programs should not be...
View ArticleCreating the right workforce for your future – AIA Webinar
As a licensed Architect, you are required to do continuing education – and in the search for interesting ways to get my hours I stumbled across the AIA Webinar archive, which has loads of...
View Article3 Fatal Flaws of Architecture Firms as Businesses
From the BQE Blog, 3 Fatal Flaws of Architecture Firms: Years ago I sold my Chicago-based architectural firm of 17 people after being presented with an offer I couldn’t refuse. Over the next two years,...
View ArticleOperating your own Architecture Firm
From Hawkins Architecture, the Issues of Operating your own Architecture Firm. Excerpt: “So you want to own your own firm. Well by all means, no time like today. Get the branding started. But there...
View ArticleStrategies for your Internship Hours, Keeping Track and Getting what you Need
One of the most complicated parts of the registration process is the experience hours that need to be documented before you can become a fully liscenced Architect. This stage, ranging from 3000 hours...
View Article2013 AIA Compensation Report: “It Pays to be Senior (and Registered)
From Architect Magazine, the 2013 AIA Compensation Report, “It Pays to be Senior” Excerpt: “It’s no longer so bleak. For all the dispiriting data in the 2013 AIA Compensation Report, there are plenty...
View Article11 Things to Know Before Starting Architecture School
From the Architectural Review, in honour of the new school year (and the beginning of more regular posts for the fall), 11 Things to Know Before Starting Architecture School: Excerpt: “Top tips for...
View ArticleEducating Architects: What makes up an Architecture program?
“An architect knows something about everything. An engineer knows everything about one thing. An architect is a generalist, not a specialist – the conductor of a symphony, not a virtuoso who...
View Article10 Steps to Licensure, from NCARB
From the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 10 Steps to Licensure and Certification:
View ArticleThe Most Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically, Every Day
From Forbes, not directly related to Architecture, but interesting for individuals in teams, or Project Architects, The Most Successful Leaders Do 15 Things Automatically, Every Day: Excerpt...
View ArticleThe Differences between High School Projects and Architecture School Projects
A Guest Post from a 2nd Year Architecture Student “The transition from High School Projects to Architecture School Projects” In high school, projects are very straight-forward. They are assigned to...
View ArticleArchitecture’s Attitudes: Self-Deprecation, Disillusionment
Continuing from other articles on attitudes/stereotypes in the profession, The ‘Hero Architect’ The Egoist and the Prima Donna Emotions and How We Learn / Design Insecurity and Focusing on Past Errors...
View ArticleArchitecture Studio: Social Support vs. Stress
Besides providing a rich source of interactions and ideas, the studios also provide social support. In psychological studies on stress in the work environment, it has been found that, “social support...
View ArticleCBRE’s Bold Experiment: 200 person office with no assigned desks
In an effort to reduce rent costs, the international real estate brokerage firm created its first completely “untethered” office in Los Angeles, where assigned desks and offices are replaced with...
View ArticleA Day with Zaha Hadid – Video
Zaha Hadid discusses her current work with Michael Blackwood Productions taking the camera through her retrospective exhibition “Zaha Hadid has Arrived” at Vienna’s MAK, a museum for design and...
View ArticleHow to do flawless construction drawings
How to do flawless construction drawings from Vat Jaiswal on Vimeo. Greg Erickson talks about the essential things to keep in mind while producing construction drawing set: Completeness in drawings...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to be an Architect
From Life of an Architect, Top 10 Reasons to be an Architect Excerpt: “I have seen a lot of lists recently that have reasons why notto be an architect so I thought I would come up with a list of...
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