Tutorials, resources and insight to help you navigate architectural education and a creative career.

I’m on the side of designers. Of the slow and sometimes messy and chaotic process that used to be considered an art. When did we go from admiring paintings that took decades to conceptualise to settling for soulless interfaces?

The reason why I say this is an asset is because I view momentum as having the same importance as the projects or drawings or images you put in your portfolio. We often obsess for far too long over which image of the technical model to include - often resulting in putting both in which is another problem for another time - and miss out on cruical opportunities in the name of ‘developing a portfolio of work’.

You know how the typical advice and ‘exclusive’ insight you get about CVs is that they’re only viewed for about 2-3 seconds. I find that notion must be even more difficult with people having even shortened attention spans. At this rate, are they even looking past the first practice listed in your experience section?

Hiring season in the built environment doesn’t quite operate like other industries. Paired with the heightened level of competition, global economy and an outdated system, this often puts graduates at a disadvantage.

We’ve all been thinking about productivity in the wrong way. This buzzword that’s made it’s way into office culture and university has been around for some time but doesn’t quite hold the same weight or meaning anymore.

Architectural representation is a visual method that architects use heavily to put forward their ideas and designs. It can range from something as simple as a paper model to a detailed mega-drawing.

Learning a new software is never easy or quick. In fact, I’m still learning how to use Adobe programs even though I consider myself quite familiar with the array of tools and workflow.

There are plenty of stereotypes about the life of an architect or the hours we spend working away in the studio. But there is no real rule that all work should take place in the studio for hours on end or overnight.

The first skill I had to learn was how to work all day long. But this wasn’t studying in the traditional method with books, it was learning how to design and construct projects.