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Architectural Delineation Competition - KRob 2013 Winners | Life of.

Life of an Architect

It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ It’s a huge repository of architectural eye-candy. [ about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect?

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

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Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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45 Modern Shipping Container Homes for Every Budget

Trendir Magazine

House by Adam KalkinArchitect Adam Kalkin is mostly known for his modern shipping container home designs that are so innovative and stylish, they could easily become the poster homes for cargotecture (a term coined for shipping container architecture). Containers of Hope by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture. Caterpillar House.

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Trends in Window Treatments

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

“Clean and simple is one of the biggest trends in window treatments, like pairing treatments for coverage with simple side panels just to give that pop of color and texture to make a statement in the room,” says Shane Aidala, Marketing Director at Gotcha Covered. Regarding colors, Aidala says brown remains a staple color for treatments.

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What Home Buyers Really Want | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

–even if you guess the right product, you then have to guess the right color. In Dallas there is a HUGE spec home market and we compete against them for clients. Your standard sized kitchen would benefit more from one DW and one Wine fridge a bit more I would think. Consider only counter tops. What to tell the home-owner?

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KHouse Modern - Foundation Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The short description is that the site had to be cleared (architectural speak for scraping the dirt and landscaping away as needed), the piers have been drilled (holes dug into the ground down to rock which will be filled with concrete and rebar) and formwork is getting set. If Dallas had a rainy season, we would be in it.

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I'm No Longer the Golden Boy | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

My career is more stable Well, at least as stable as a job in the architectural profession can be. And as I get older I feel less need to give advice and have control so hair color becomes a moot point. I’m 54 and am going back to college to study architecture. Is this the goal of every working architect?