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How to Combat Imposter Syndrome in the Workplace

2019-08-16T13:00:00-04:00

As we progress in our careers in architecture, we can sometimes come to a crossroads where we feel like we're pretending. Maybe it's that first time on a construction site by yourself, and the fear of looking foolish or not knowing what to say begins to creep up. Perhaps, you've just completed your ARE Exams and are now officially "an architect," but owning that identity seems strange, almost like you're acting. And even then, there are those who finally make it into a leadership role, as a design principal or partner of a firm, and, in the beginning, the status feels uneasy.

Designer, Megan Crabtree recounts this feeling from her early career. "[I] spent the first few years of my professional life trying to be a good pretender, trying to ignore this voice in my head that takes over and says I don’t belong," she writes. Looking back at her younger self, she offers some pointers for those struggling with "imposter syndrome:"

Never Stop Asking For Feedback. Megan remembers how she us...

Zaha Hadid's seminal artwork makes its Hong Kong debut

2017-03-17T19:17:00-04:00

Ceaseless experimentation was the root of Zaha Hadid's architectural practice, as depicted in her early drawings and paintings. The Serpentine Galleries and Zaha Hadid Design teamed up to showcase Hadid's artistic prowess in the exhibition, “Zaha Hadid: There Should Be No End To Experimentation”, which opened today at the ArtisTree gallery in Hong Kong.

Presenting Zaha Hadid's artwork in Hong Kong for the first time, the exhibition shows her paintings, calligraphic drawings, and rarely seen private sketch notebooks, along with VR experiences and screenings of archival footage.

Hafenstrasse Development; Hafenstrasse Development, Hamburg, Germany, 1989; © Zaha Hadid Foundation.

Concept Painting, Cardiff Bay Opera House, Wales, UK, 1994-1996; © Zaha Hadid Foundation.

Head over to Bustler for more about the exhibition.

Four 2016 Wheelwright finalists to compete for $100K travel grant

2016-03-28T20:21:00-04:00

It's already that time of year when the Harvard Graduate School of Design will soon award their next Wheelwright Prize recipient. First established by the school in 1935, the prestigious prize is a $100,000 travel architectural research grant awarded to one lucky early-career architect. Out of nearly 200 applicants from 45 countries for 2016, the jury selected four finalists.

They are:

Samuel Bravo, Samuel Bravo Arquitecto | Santiago, Chile

Matilde Cassani | Milan, Italy

Anna Puigjaner, MAIO | Barcelona, Spain

Pier Paolo Tamburelli, baukuh architects | Milan and Genoa, Italy

Head over to Bustler to learn more about them.

Previous Wheelwright Prize coverage on Archinect:

2015 Wheelwright Prize awarded to Erik L’Heureux

Harvard GSD announces 2015 Wheelwright Prize finalists

Jose M. Ahedo wins the 2014 Wheelwright Prize

AIA announces 14 recipients for 2015 Young Architects Award

2015-01-27T19:22:00-05:00

The AIA announced the 14 recipients of the 2015 AIA Young Architects Award, which recognizes architects for their leadership and significant contributions to the profession early in their architectural career. In this case, young architects are defined as those who are licensed no more than 10 years, regardless of age.

Hailing from across the nation, the recipients were awarded for their various means of involvement in architecture, education, and their communities both locally and around the world.

Check out the list of winners:

(Cover image) José Alvarez, AIA

↓ Zachary R. Benedict, AIA

↓ Justin Crane, AIA

↓ Sarah W. Dirsa, AIA

↓ Andrew Dunlap, AIA

↓ James Henry, AIA

↓ Chris Hong, AIA

↓ James A. Meyer, AIA

↓ Ann Sobiech Munson, AIA

↓ Rebecca Talbert, AIA

↓ Derek C. Webb, AIA

↓ Elizabeth Whittaker, AIA

↓ Hafsa Burt, AIA

↓ Adrianne Steichen, AIA

The 2015 Young Architects Award Jury consisted of:

William J. Stanley, III, FAIA, Chair
Stanley Love-Stanley, PC - Atlanta
Lenore M. Lucey, FAIA, LML Consult...

Eighteen architects to receive 2014 AIA Young Architects Award

2014-01-27T20:09:00-05:00

AIA has announced the 18 recipients of the 2014 Young Architects Award. The annual award distinguishes strong leadership and significant contributions made in the early careers of young professional architects, defined as those who are licensed no more than 10 years, regardless of age.

This year's recipients are:

Illya Azaroff, AIA
Thomas Bradley Benjamin, AIA
Joshua Flowers, AIA
Wyatt Frantom, AIA
Nathan Kalaher, AIA
Evelyn M. Lee, AIA
Timothy W. Maddox, AIA
Daniel Overbey, AIA
Mark Pasnik, AIA
Michael P. Pfeffer, AIA
Jason Dale Pierce, AIA
Mark A. Schwamel, AIA
Matt Slagle, AIA
Christian B. Sottile, AIA
Lorena Toffer, AIA
Brian Vitale, AIA
Karen E. Williams, AIA
Jeffrey M. Yrazabal, AIA

You can learn more about them on Bustler.

$100,000 Wheelwright Prize details announced for 2014

2014-01-14T18:46:00-05:00

The Wheelwright Prize awards a $100,000 travel-based research grant to a recent architect whose proposal conveys a talented, scholarly and professional design sense. Originally established by Harvard's GSD in 1935 as the "Arthur Wheelwright Traveling Fellowship", the prize is meant to extend travel-research opportunities to alumni. As of 2013, eligibility has expanded to any architect who has graduated within the last 15 years from a professionally accredited architecture degree program. The focus is on international research, requiring the winner of the Prize spend at least 6 months working out of their home country, and not in the United States.

More information about the Wheelwright Prize and applying are on Bustler. The online-application opens January 20, 2014, and will close March 4, 2014.

Last year's Wheelwright winner was Brooklyn-based architect Gia Wolff, for her proposal "Floating City: The Community-Based Architecture of Parade Floats".