World Famous Architects Tips and experience on iconic construction

by Pooja Late so cut

Getting a job or internship at an architecture firm doesn't only depend on your skills as an architect. The way you present your skills plays an essential role. At a time of great professional competitiveness and with resumes becoming more globalized, assembling a portfolio may seem like a chore and often very involving: Which projects do I list? What personal information do I add? Should I include my academic papers in professional portfolios? In this article, we will look at some tips will be beneficial not to old architect but also the young ones

Choose Projects that Work with the Office's Profile

You need to make slightly different portfolios for each place you're applying to. Certain designs, for example, may suit some offices, but would get thrown out of another. Study the company, get to know little of their philosophy and create something unique for them. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't include "unusual" projects. On the contrary, offices are usually very open to new architecture styles, as long as they are well-founded. Be careful not to mirror projects of the office where you're trying to work. Few things are more annoying to an office to than to see a copy of a project or their "style" in a portfolio they receive. Being original and thinking for yourself are fundamental characteristics.

Duties for Each Project

Be clear and truthful about your contributions in each project. The real contributions! Even if you were an intern, put what you've really done, "detailing frames," "preliminary project concepts," "compatibility", "supervisory work", etc. This will show your actual experience. Architectural design is always a collective work and therefore, even on work of your own jobs, you probably didn't do it alone. Be honest.

Seek mentors

Your fellow architects are resources. Find people who have skills and roles that you aspire to. These mentors will foster your development and be instrumental to your career advancement. Buy them a cup of coffee and ask them for advice and questions about the profession. Better yet, buy them a beer and you’ll get some real gems!

Embrace failure

This tip is a confession for almost every architect. As an architect, you will go through many failed project but you have to see it as a learning process. In fact, most young Mumbai architects struggle with these things on a weekly basis. The secret is to learn from these challenges and to acknowledge failure as an important step to personal growth.

Author’s Bio

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