Archinect - News2013-05-23T06:53:53-04:00http://archinect.com/news/article/40015880/a-journey-from-architecture-and-design-to-gourmet-dog-food
A Journey from Architecture and Design to Gourmet Dog Food Alexander Walter2012-03-02T13:40:00-05:00>2012-03-05T19:34:26-05:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/bc/bc265d282579cdd2ba906638011514b5.jpg" width="514" height="386" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>After getting her Masters of Architecture from MIT in 2001, she was an architect for Delson or Sherman, and then was a designer for Fresh, but she gradually started to lose interest in her projects at work.
“I decided I wanted to turn this passion of mine, to give my dog a well-balanced complete meal that made her healthy again, into a full-time job,” Liao said of her decision to quit her job at Fresh almost two years ago to start her own company.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/39782338/best-jobs-2012-architect-really
Best Jobs 2012: Architect. Really? Archinect2012-02-29T13:14:00-05:00>2012-03-23T09:43:05-04:00<img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/0c/0c51f2760819f10f2eeedc9ef8f6ce8c.jpg" width="315" height="210" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>With steady migration to Sun Belt states and many baby boomers retiring in the next few years, there should be an uptick in demand for new homes, healthcare facilities, and office buildings. This means the job market for architects should remain solid. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects architect employment growth of 23.1 percent between 2010 and 2020, adding 31,300 more professionals to the 135,400 already-existing jobs in this field.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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http://archinect.com/news/article/23643720/why-architecture-s-identity-problem-should-matter-to-the-rest-of-us
Why Architecture's Identity Problem Should Matter to the Rest of Us Alexander Walter2011-10-12T12:41:25-04:00>2011-11-24T09:05:52-05:00<em><p>Rather than spending their energy protecting their territory and titles, what if architects and their associations focused on resolving our nation’s housing crisis, improving our schools, or generally creating more inspiring environments for people to live their best lives?</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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