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10 Lessons I Learned After Architecture School

Hey there, future architect! 👋 Feeling the pressure to come up with the next 'groundbreaking' design? I get it. We're so conditioned to chase that big innovation, thinking and hoping it'll solve everything. But here's a wild thought: what if the real breakthrough isn't in fancy tech or flashy designs, but inside you? Yes, YOU. 🌟 True innovation in architecture isn't just about adding more stuff. Sometimes, it's about stripping things away and finding the essence. Doing more with less. Questioning why we do what we do and really connecting with the people and communities we're serving. Are you ready to move beyond the dopamine hit of novelty and dive deep into your own transformative work? To step out of the 'architecture box' and create not just buildings, but meaningful change? I've just dropped my first exploration on Substack called 'A Letter to the Architecture World: From External Solutions to Internal Revolutions.' → https://lnkd.in/gVtXV3kt Let's reshape architecture, starting with ourselves. 🚀 #architecturestudent #architecturelovers #LetsTalkArch #designwithpurpose #technologysolutions

Architecture is unexpected.

#Range in Architecture: #generalise + #specialise #What_does_an_architect_do? #Starchitect Insta-famous and globally renowned – and usually for great design. The best of the starchitects rightly deflect recognition towards their fabulously talented teams. #Architecture is one of the great generalist #professions. Architects #oscillate between broad knowledge and deep specialisation. It is the Architect’s #range that underscores their capability to weave together competing #priorities and #optimize project outcomes across #sustainability, #cost, spatial #utilisation and #experience, #engineering inputs, #lifecycle, #biodiversity, #materiality, #constructability, #aesthetics and engage with the human condition. There are a myriad of archi-career typologies in the profession. There is no one size fits all….. For some of us #LessIsMore. For some of us #LessIsABore….and for others #More&More&MoreisMore. This insta-series uncovers careers in Architecture explored through expanding range.

Everyone knows what innovation means, but ask ten people to offer a definition and you’ll get nearly as many versions. Technology will surely be a common thread since it has come to be almost synonymous with the “i” word, but its root—novus—means new, which is a much broader dragnet for architects when they think about making claims about their innovative design or processes. Architecture Exchange East (Nov. 1-3) has doubled down on what’s new about innovation with sessions about connectivity, technological or otherwise. Here are three takes on a contested word that you’ll want to check out if you’re also interested in doubling down on your firm’s future. Register at www.aiava.org #ArchEx2023

This Modernfold, Inc operable wall with full-height markerboard is a great example of the kind of detail that can make a big difference in classroom usage, longevity, and effectiveness. #architecture #classroomdesign

#Range in Architecture: #generalise + #specialise #What_does_an_architect_do? #WorkplaceArchitect Those whose work is critical to productive and cultural dimensions of the workplace. They are shifting the context of the civic economy through agile, activity based, technically enabled, flexible and hybrid environments and defining new ways of working. They are supporting transformative change at the organizational level to meet the demand of a complex and changing cultural and economic environment. #Architecture is one of the great generalist #professions. Architects #oscillate between broad knowledge and deep specialisation. It is the Architect’s #range that underscores their capability to weave together competing #priorities and #optimize project outcomes across #sustainability, #cost, spatial #utilisation and #experience, #engineering inputs, #lifecycle, #biodiversity, #materiality, #constructability, #aesthetics and engage with the human condition. There are a myriad of archi-career typologies in the profession. There is no one size fits all….. For some of us #LessIsMore. For some of us #LessIsABore….and for others #More&More&MoreisMore. This insta-series uncovers careers in Architecture explored through expanding range.

#Range in Architecture: #generalise + #specialise #What_does_an_architect_do? #architect_narrator Those who share the experience of the design process & exceptional outcomes of their work to educate the community through their insta-famous networks #Architecture is one of the great generalist #professions. Architects #oscillate between broad knowledge and deep specialisation. It is the Architect’s #range that underscores their capability to weave together competing #priorities and #optimize project outcomes across #sustainability, #cost, spatial #utilisation and #experience, #engineering inputs, #lifecycle, #biodiversity, #materiality, #constructability, #aesthetics and engage with the human condition. There are a myriad of archi-career typologies in the profession. There is no one size fits all….. For some of us #LessIsMore. For some of us #LessIsABore….and for others #More&More&MoreisMore. This insta-series uncovers careers in Architecture explored through expanding range.

This blog post by my colleague, Katherine Shao, takes me back to November 2005 at Brazil's Iguazú Falls, when I sat in front of the most remarkable collection of 275 waterfalls sprawling across lush rainforest terrain. I was there mesmerized for hours...just marveling at its sheer beauty and natural power. Architecture is all around us, from grand buildings to majestic patterns in nature. But its importance often goes underappreciated, especially in business and technology. In this post, we explore why architecture is so vital and what happens when we neglect it. Check it out!