January 2012
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5 Tips for architecture freelancers →
A few mounts back I was working as a freelancer (or External collaborator the legal term around here) for a architecture firm. In few words - I didn’t get paid for the work I’ve done. And it’s my mistake, as much as the firm’s. I made every deadline, I’ve done better work than many of the other architects in the firm, I was the one that the investors were calling...
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“The reason it takes five years to become an architect is, that it takes that...”
– Brenda Vale, on how architects convince their clients that their buildings are sustainable by essentially saying, “trust me, I’m an architect.”
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Why Architecture's Identity Problem Should Matter...
One of the best posts I’ve ever read about architecture profession.
Perhaps it was the Legos, or watching Mike Brady belly up to his drafting board on TV. In recent months and years, the likes of President Obama, Brad Pitt, Lenny Kravitz, and numerous other public figures have divulged a love of architecture, going so far as to say they once—or still—wanted to be architects. They, like...
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Dieter Rams Ten Principles of “Good Design”
Even though it’s written in the sense of industrial design, read this post with a mind on architecture and keep in mind that all design should be started with these 10 principles
Good Design Is Innovative : The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design...
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