Professional Development

  • Construction + Evaluation, Professional Development, Project Management

    Your First Site Visit: What to Expect and How to Prepare

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    There’s a moment, usually somewhere between lacing up your boots and stepping out of the car, when it hits you: this is real!!! That set of drawings you’ve been sketching, modeling, and tweaking late into the night? It’s ACTUALLY GETTING BUILT! Holy crap. Your first site visit as a young architectural designer is equal parts […]

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    Handling Criticism Without Losing Your Creative Spark

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    If you work in architecture long enough (and honestly, not even that long) you will be criticized. Your drawings, your ideas, your emails, your details, your timelines. Sometimes gently. Sometimes… not so gently. Criticism can sting, especially when you care deeply about your work (which, if you’re in this profession, you probably do). The challenge […]