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"I am happy to report that I have not yet pulled an all-nighter, but downtime has mostly become a fi gment of my imagination."

For a very long time, a microculture of celebrity in architecture has placed an undue focus on the i ndividual, undercutting the profession by keeping architects from organizing on a large scale. This prevents the ability to push an agenda or have any appreciable measure of control over the built environment, in turn ceding this power…

We look at six simple ways the internet can help empower architects in the modern digital age.

It's tempting to say yes to everyone — but sometimes you should think twice.

There is a Grand Canyon–esque divide that exists between the baby boomer and millennial generations within architecture. The Great Recession in the late 2000s is mostly responsible for creating this gap, which seemingly skips over an entire generational category, Gen X. This void has limited the amount of transitional opportunities between generational groups leading to…

Unlike mobile phones, most people don’t upgrade their tablet until it’s rendered useless. But you sh ould.

"Even though classes have only just begun, what’s expected of us in terms of critical insight and ra te of production is staggering."

When starting out in a young firm, understanding architectural fees and knowing how much to charge i s crucial, yet the information offered on this subject is incredibly fragmented and inconsistent.

Michael Riscica is a licensed architect from Portland, Oregon, who has been advancing the profession with his blog YOUNG ARCHITECT. Michael has written extensively about the architect exam and wrote the book How to Pass the Architecture Registration exam. Recently, Michael has been bicycling across America during the summer of 2016. I’m not an Architect;…