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It's that time of the year! Career fairs, job applications, interviews, oof! We're here to help. In this episode, we give our best tips and tricks for before, during and after the career fair. How do you prepare? What should I ask the firms about? How can I stand out? What if they ghost me? Find answers to this and much more in this ep! Plus: Tips on how to navigate an online career fair during these strange times.

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239 House
UNA Arquitetos (now UNA BV and UNA MUNIZVIEGAS)
São Paulo, Brazil

239 House on Arch Daily
239 House by UNA BV

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It’s 2021! In this episode, Maria and Emily discuss all things goal setting when starting out a new year. They reflect on the past year, the good and the bad, and discuss what things they took away from it. They then dive deep into their personal, professional, and podcast goals and talk strategies on how they plan to follow through with them. Stick around for helpful tips and tricks in maintaining your own goals and making your vision become reality! We hope you enjoy this episode and find it as inspirational and energizing as we did!

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Beyazit State Library
Istanbul, Turkey

https://www.archdaily.com/791885/beyazit-state-library-tabanlioglu-architects

https://archello.com/project/beyazit-state-library

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This is Part 2 of our Picking Schools series! Maria, Emily, and special guest Matt Denig continue the conversation on their experiences choosing a grad program. They cover topics like how long of a break to take in between, what other things to consider, and how different grad school is compared to undergrad. They also give advice for a better application, tips on getting a Teaching or Research Assistantship and other valuable lessons they learned over the last couple of years. Tune in and let us know if you have any questions! Hope you enjoy!

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This is Part 1 of our Picking a School series, Undergraduate edition! Maria, Emily, and special guest Matt Denig break down how they chose where to go for undergrad. What things did they consider? Did location matter? Did they know they wanted to do architecture? The three discuss their own unique experiences as well as what they would have done differently. They also offer advice to anyone considering currently considering different undergraduate schools. Hope you enjoy it!

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UTEC - Grafton Architects
UTEC - Arch Daily

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In this episode, Emily and Maria break down the LEED Green Associate Exam. What is it? Why should you take it? How should you begin studying? They also speak about their experiences taking the exam, and give their own tips and strategies that helped them pass! Hope you enjoy and find this helpful. Let us know if you decide to take the test!

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Things mentioned:

LEED Green Associate Candidate Handbook
https://www.usgbc.org/resources/leed-v4-green-associate-candidate-handbook 

Creating a USGBC account
https://www.usgbc.org/credentials/leed-green-associate

LEED GA Study Plan
https://www.usgbc.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/GA_Two_week_study_plan.pdf

Free Practice Questions online
https://www.greence.com/LEED_Exam_Prep_Courses/LEED_v4_Exam_Prep

https://www.learning-hub-gbrionline.org/courses/leed-v4-green-associate-free-mock-exam/

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/cert-prep-leed-green-associate/leed-green-associate-effective-exam-preparation?u=2163426 

https://greenstepeducation.com/GreenStep%20Free%20LEED%20v4%20Practice%20Exam.pdf

Learn more about our project of the week!

The Kendeda Building, Atlanta, GA

https://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery/the-kendeda-building-for-innovative-sustainable-design_o

https://livingbuilding.gatech.edu/

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We've got some very special guests on the podcast this week! Tune in to meet Ashcon (Emily's fiancé, not an architect) and José (Maria's boyfriend, an architect) and join our conversation to hear about our experiences having relationships while in architecture school! Find out how we met, what it was like for them to live with us while going to grad school, and much, MUCH more. Maybe too much? We also compare their different perspectives as an architect vs. non-architect regarding design, stereotypes, and the architecture industry. They also take a guess at what would be our dream project to work on!

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Time Stamps:

04:00 Project of the week

09:00 How Emily and Ashcon met

12:10 How Maria and Jose met

16:48 Grad school years

27:03 Questions for the guys

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Things mentioned:

Project of the week: Brasilia Cathedral, Brasilia, BR

https://www.archdaily.com/101516/ad-classics-cathedral-of-brasilia-oscar-niemeyer

https://divisare.com/projects/306858-oscar-niemeyer-gonzalo-viramonte-catedral-metropolitana-nossa-senhora-aparecida-1970

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We're diving deep into architecture internships this week! Did any of us actually have to grab coffee for someone? Clean out the library? Organize samples? Emily and Maria each talk about their own experiences and what kinds of things to expect from your internship. We're talking money, responsibilities, and common tasks that are usually given to interns. Plus, we have a crazy story sent by a listener about one of her internships… Stay tuned until the end for some must-have tips and advice that worked for us, or that we wish we knew before!

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Things Mentioned:

Project of the Week: National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, GA

https://www.civilandhumanrights.org

https://www.archdaily.com/770551/national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights-the-freelon-group-architects-plus-hok

Start logging your internship hours NOW!

https://www.ncarb.org/gain-axp-experience

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It’s September, so that means back to school! In this episode Emily and Maria discuss all things architecture school. What’s it structured like? What’s a “studio”? What are the differences between undergraduate and graduate school? Are you going to have a social life? They answer these questions and more, along with sharing some cringeworthy school experiences. Hope you enjoy!

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Learn more about our featured architecture firm of the week!

NADAAA

http://www.nadaaa.com/

http://www.nadaaa.com/academic/

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In this episode Emily and Maria introduce themselves and discuss where they’re from, how they ended up in architecture, and how they met.

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