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Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

Life of an Architect

After a week full of various studio reviews, I realized how essential diagrams are to the presentation of one’s architectural ideas. While they may not hold a large place within the practice of architecture, they are certainly critical to success in the process of architectural education.

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How to Layout a Pediment: 350 years of instructions

Jane Griswold Radocchia

The diagram shows the actual twine held tight at Points A and B. Palladio doesn't describe this, but the roofs in his The Four Books of Architecture (1570) use the same pitch. He uses the geometry in the pediment of a Menagery, in his book, On Architecture *. I began my diagram here on the lower edge of the pediment's frame.

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Crescent School of Architecture | architectureRED

ArchiDiaries

The programme called for a variety of studio spaces and lecture halls along with the necessary administration areas, akin to a typical architecture school. An architecture school has a curriculum that facilitates both active and passive learning. Diagrams & Drawings. Common areas of the ground floor.

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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The book is a fitting result of a building, the Petite École , that functions as an architecture school for children. M³: modeled works [archive] 1972-2022 by Thom Mayne and Morphosis, published by Rizzoli.

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Do I Have to Be an Artist to Be an Architect?

The Student Architect

So many people feel the same as you do, and many of them let those thoughts get in the way of pursuing their dream to study architecture. Let's make one thing clear—architecture school isn't art school. Of course, it does, but there's so much more to architecture than drawing a pretty picture. Try collaging!

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060: The Perfect Portfolio

Life of an Architect

The work you spent weeks or even months agonizing over and trying to skillfully articulate in the forms of diagrams, plans, perspectives, collages, etc. I can promise you it won’t even be a fraction of what you think it will be. etc… won’t be looked at for more than a few moments when it crosses my desk.

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Architecture and Math

Life of an Architect

Evan Troxel, Architect The architecture school I went to required Trigonometry to get my degree. I took it in high school and loved it; it was pretty easy for me as I always did very well in all of my math classes. Architects Architecture School Do you want to be an Architect'