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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

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Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. Frank Gehry: I’m very pleased with the building. It was a dream to build a building in that location.

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Sketching during Schematic Design

Life of an Architect

The first step is called programming which is when the client and architect discuss the requirements of the project (how many rooms, the function of the phases, etc.), Normally this is in the form of quick sketches The homeowner approves these sketches before proceeding to the next phase which is Design Development.

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Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series

Life of an Architect

About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it’s time for the next round of Architectural Sketches – The Series. I really want to try and demonstrate that there are all sorts of ways that architects sketch and work through design challenges, but my sketches just aren’t that great as standalone items.

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Mapping Your Firm’s Strategy: Visual Business Frameworks for Architects and Designers

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Visual business models can be a powerful tool for creative professionals, like architects, who often prefer to communicate through drawings and diagrams. Developed by Alexander Osterwalder, the Business Model Canvas provides a simple, structured way to conceptualize and communicate your business model through nine essential building blocks.

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Share Your Work With the World | Upload Your Projects to Architizer

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Architects upload their work to Architizer for a variety of reasons: To showcase their projects to potential clients, share knowledge with peers, and create a shared portfolio that everyone in their team can access and share. We also recommend tagging other key contributors and uploading your building specifications for each project.

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21st Century Architect Guide: 7 Visualization Tools Architects Can’t Live Without

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From sketching the earliest of ideas to unveiling new worlds in digital landscapes, many tools have revolutionized the way we work and transformed how we communicate our ideas. Bidding adieu to the delightful chaos of the napkin sketches, programs like AutoCAD and Vectorworks become our new best friends.

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10 Design wins competition for Dongguan University of Technology in China

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The University’s shared facilities and laboratory spaces unfold around this green space, providing equal access and visibility and delivering a first-class R&D building to attract the best research talent from across the world. A series of cascading gardens within the building’s frame create a lush green oasis. Image © 10 Design.