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This last tip is the one that I know will receive the most eye-rolls yet it is the most effective career building tool. Informational Find a way to exercise leadership skills by spearheading activity in your office; it can be directly related to your business or totally goofy. Find a way to organize a team of people, whether they be peers or supervisors, around a common goal. In…

This is a great little house. I don't really have anything profound to say about this architecture, it's just a good house. I think, though, that this is a good time to point out the obvious. That is to say, you don't have to do something earth-shattering to be a good architect. It doesn't take a limitless budget or a sympathetic owner, it just takes time, effort and will. Don't worry about what…

Artreehouse by Della Valle Bernheimer is a wonderful example of how architecture can arise from observations of nature and existing urbanism. The design for this house in Connecticut was derived from both local typologies of architecture and the rich wooded areas budding up against the water. The home provides canopies that both protect one from the elements while offering a new way to…

A co-finalist in a competition for the BLC Headquarters in Beirut. This building is pure enjoyment. It's a play on scale. Think of any type of toy building block you played with as a child and imagine you could do the same thing in real life. Too often the constraints of society prohibit such architectural playfulness, but this competition by Nadim Karam & Atelier Hapsitus really shows how…

#9 - Ender's Game

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An interesting house designed by Eastern Design Office that resides on an elevated topographical surface. This architecture takes advantage of scenic views provided by its elevated plane. The horizon seems to extend indefinitely and offers a visual connection to the urban landscape below.…

In the countryside of Portugal you'll find a unique house built between two large boulders on a hill. I'm not sure who designed it. It probably wasn't a "licensed architect", whatever that means. I imagine that it was the product of an ordinary person or family that saw these two stones and realized an opportunity. It makes me wonder what our buildings would be like if they didn't have to be next to other buildings. I…

The $300 million Stata Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology doesn’t look much like a research lab. Its brightly colored collision of angular and cylindrical forms seems to line-dance down dour Vassar Street in Cambridge. The skeptics gleefully piled on.…

Whether you are gainfully employed or not, you should always be keeping your resume, portfolio and other related documents current. In doing so, you won’t need to panic to get all of your materials ready to go job hunting.

I recently wrote about this in Career Guide: Getting Started series so I…

Many readers that have come to the website and have contacted me have been those that are laid off, recently graduating, or looking for a major change in their career situation. The content that is written on YoungArchitect is really aimed at accommodating these people as there is not much career advice for architects on-line. Below is a comprehensive guide of some of my best…