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Studies have found that the presence of pets in work spaces helps improve mental health and reduces absenteeism. Built Form Design Academy has its own furry friend who can often be found snoozing on drawing sets!

This week we thought we’d focus on architecture for pets. Check out an article on the Inhabitat website about Architect designed cat houses, raising money for FixNation, a non-profit organization that provides free spaying and neutering services for homeless cats. Click here.

Click here to watch a video on Vimeo about the design and construction of ‘Cat-a-Tete’, another submission for FixNation’s fund-raising campaign. The design collaboration between Formation Association, Arktura, and BuroHappol, uses material made out recycled plastic bottles for a shelter for cats that doubles as an outdoor seat for humans.

 

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How to find the right path to your dream career

Four weeks into an architecture degree, Daniel made a decision most students spend years avoiding. Faced with the reality of five years of study followed by further internship requirements, he took a moment to pause and reassesses his choices. 

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Designing the Next Step, Expanding a Career Beyond the Tools

Jordon’s transition into drafting did not begin with ambition alone, but with a moment of friction that exposed a clear limitation in how he was working. While attempting to produce hand-drawn plans for a family project, he found himself investing significant time for an outcome that lacked clarity.  

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Sitting across dozens of active projects, juggling design, drafting, and planning responsibilities, he realised something was missing. Not opportunity, but structure.

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