November 2011
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Top 20 reasons to be an architect →
You know those videos on youtube “how to architect“…well, the creator, Mr.Doug Patt is on Tumblr now (@nice to have you around Sir) and he wrights about (another, of many many lists around)… …Top 20 reasons to be an architect
1. It’s a noble pursuit. It takes years of study and hard work to be a reputable professional.
2. Architecture is prodigious. It is a noun and...
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Wright's Advice →
The Great Architect Frank Lloyd Wright gave the below mentioned Priceless Pieces of Sage Advice to his Apprentices. The Advices are:-
1. Forget the architecture of the world except as something good in their way and in their time.
2. Do none of you go into architecture to get a living unless you love architecture as a principle at work, for its own sake - prepared to be as true to it as to your...
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“A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by...”
– Frank Lloyd Wright
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How to survive architecture school !!!
Attending architecture schools is an unexpected challenge for many students. If you want to become an architect, prepare yourself for how grueling an architecture degree really is. Especially at top architecture schools, studio courses are a rite of passage and a lot of students drop out. For those that make it through, completing a degree in architecture is well worth it. Here are a few ways to...
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Kenzo Tange - Reconstruction plan for Skopje →
Reconstruction plan for Skopje
In January 1965, Kenzo Tange received a telegram from the United Nations asking if he would be interested in participating in an international planning competition for the reconstruction of Skopje, the regional capital of the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. A severe earthquake hit the city in July 1963, kiling more than 2,000 people and destroying roughly 65...
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ninagac asked: best architecture programme for mac pleas
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Anonymous asked: what program do you usually to proyect your floor plans? autocad? revit? what are your opinios of autocad. do you think it's obsolete
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Anonymous asked: how do you attach wood to metal?
hyperform asked: Top 10 Undergraduate Architecture Schools 1. Cornell University
2. University of Texas
3. Virginia Polytechnic institute and State University
4. California Polytechnic State University
5. Rice University
6. Rhode Island School of Design
7. Southern California Institute of Architecture
7. Syracuse University
9. Iowa State University
10. Pratt Institute
Anonymous asked: I really don't think that list is a very good one. I know you're just relaying the information of a source, but the AA as mentioned and Sci-Arc, Cornell and IaaC as well as numerous other schools which would out-rank many - but of course not all - of those institutions.
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unemployedwinner asked: what's the best architectural school in the world?
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WatchTED Talks: Bjarke Ingels: 3 warp-speed architecture tales
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Anonymous asked: <p>I believe you are practicing architect correct? I was just wondering, since I finish up my studies this year, and start looking for jobs in the architectural world again (I worked at Coop-Himmelb(l)au on my year out) , what you would look for in a job application? or CV/Portfolio tips. Cheers.</p>
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What do you think about my new blog design??
Since the problems with the theme cloud of Stacky5 I’ve decided to change my theme. I like minimalistic, all in place themes… so, do you like it? Should I change something?
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If Architects...
If Architects designed highways, they would be straight, scenic, and would take you somewhat close to your destination. I mean, you’d arrive where you probably should be, even though it might not be where you thought you wanted to go. Ah, but the view….
If Architects designed cruise ships they would be sleek, and dynamic, and inspire awe as they drifted aimlessly ashore into the rocks.
If...
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