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opauni quemi xofqualiti
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lhav etowor ki n
speci fied condi tions and wi thal i
mited budget whi l
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lev elupt ot hecl ient '
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sion,needsandbudget .Youmustbe
t ruet oy our self.
Mastery ourmat hs.
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mat hemat ics.I fy ou'regood wi th number s,y ou havef ar
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ngy ourcar eergoals.
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I
mpeccabl edesi gnskills
Hav ingamazi ngdesi gnski l
l
si saqual i
tyt hatyoucan' tdo
wi t
houti nar chitecture.Manynewbi esmakeami stakei n
thinkingthatcr eatingsomet hingbeautifulisallthewor k,but
they'rewr ong.
Whi l
ey ouwi l
lber equir
edt odesi gnaest heti
callyappealing
structures,theyal soneedt obev iabl
eandpr acti
cal.
Youmustacqui reasophi st
icatedunder standingofdesi gn
processes.I twi l
lhel py ou to combi nef unctionali
tywi th
visualappealev eni fyouhadt osacr i
fi
ceoneort heother.A
goodar chit
ectknowshowt ocombi net heseelement s,buta
professional knowshowt ocompr omise.

Communi cationski ll
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Asi de from basi c knowl edge,desi gn ski ll
s,and bei ng
creative,communi cati
on i s perhaps t he mosti mpor t
ant
qual i
tyinanar chi
t ect.Ar chitectsarer equir
edt oworkwi th
many peopl ef r
om di fferenti ndust
ries to make t hings
happen.
Youwi llwor kwi t
h st ruct uralengineers,tradesmen,local
gov ernmentof fi
cials,cont ractors,surveyors,constr
uction
manager s,and l awy er s.Each of t hem has t hei
r own
concer nsandi nterests.
In such an env ironment , accompl i
shing ef fecti
ve
communi cati
oni spar amount .
You' l
lneedt ol earnhowt o
1.Speaky ourmi nd.
2.Respecty oursuper iors.
3.Negot iate.
4.Compr omi se
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5.Beat
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ayer
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on.
v
.shape.N.shape.
v
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v
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on.
v
.requir
e.N.requirements.
v
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on.
v
.affect
.N.ef f
ect.

● KeyWor ds
○ candi date.
○ condi ti
ons.
○limi tedbudget
○ policies
○ moder n
○ aest heti
c.
○ structure
○ Viabl e
○ Pract i
cal
○ sophi sti
cated
○ compr i
se

●"
Seal
thedeal "
○"highchanceof"
○"can'tdowit
hout"
○"paramount"
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ForNextweek,
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