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10 Mistakes Architecture Students Should Avoid

November 8, 2021 by Bob Borson 3 Comments

10 Mistakes Architecture Students Should Avoid

Life in college for architecture students is remarkably predictable for those of us who have been through it. Despite the fact that I am 29 years removed from my own time in studio, very little … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Architecture School, Design Studio, Do you want to be an Architect?, Education Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural studio, Architecture School, Do you want to be an Architect

Architecture Student Tool Kit

July 23, 2020 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Architecture Student Tool Kit

As I am preparing my syllabus and other items for the quickly approaching fall semester, I have begun to have discussions and questions about the student “tool kit” if you want to call it that. What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture, Sketching, Tools of the Trade Tagged With: Architects, architectural sketching, architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio

Students and Design Contests

June 18, 2015 by Bob Borson 7 Comments

Students and Design Contests

If there is a topic in the design world that every designer unilaterally has an opinion on - its design contests. From my standpoint, I am a fan of contests where the goal of the contests falls in to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kitchen, Residential, SZW Kitchen Design Contest Tagged With: Design Competition, kitchens, SubZero and Wolf, SZW

Architecture Student Study Abroad Bag

September 25, 2014 by Bob Borson 40 Comments

Architecture Student Study Abroad Bag

After a little 10 month break, it's time for another entry into the  ongoing series I have been running where we get to take an inside look into the working contents of various design and construction … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bags

Letters from a traveling Architecture Student

October 24, 2013 by Bob Borson 38 Comments

Letters from a traveling Architecture Student

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. I was 22 years old and had done … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in General, Observations, Travel Tagged With: a day in the life, about bob, Architecture School, bob borson, Travel, traveling

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

August 23, 2012 by Bob Borson 12 Comments

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

 Today's post is brought to you by Ulysses Valiente, an author and recent graduate with a Bachelor's degree in Architectural Science from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He maintains the blog … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architects, Do you want to be an Architect?, Guest Posts Tagged With: Architecture School, design studio, Do you want to be an Architect, Guest post

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