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

Architizer

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. When I walked the site for the first time, I cried imagining the history of the Jardin de Climitation.

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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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HarborPlace Design Review - Round 2: More Questions

Community Architect Daily

To be fair, in the initial review UDAAP didn't so much criticize the design as the lack of a process that showed how the team arrived at the design and the absence of submittals required during the concept plan review. These framework sketches are illustrative of a mental construct that guides the later design.

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

Architizer

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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The Reel House by MCA under costruction

aasarchitecture

Image © MCA This vision and diagram extends into the design of the rest of the house: on the second floor, through a new spiral wooden staircase and a new circular bathroom, while in the basement through an oval, fully equipped projection room. Source by MCA.

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Competitions: Open Call: "Lights In Forest" GuangShan Child-friendly B&B Competition

Bustler

Site Introduction: In the captivating landscape of GuangShan's Longshan Lake National Wetland Park, the vision for Flight Camp as the cornerstone of the country's first child-friendly B&B cluster is set to redefine the concept of rural accommodations. Additionally, submit sketches, work photos, and other relevant process materials.

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Cangzhou Mingzhu International Clothing Industry Characteristic Town’s Service Community | y.ad Studio

ArchiDiaries

Site location. Site conditions. In the initial site survey, the client took us to the site and some completed projects. There was an existing R&D office building in the southwest corner of the site, which had re-shaped the site from the original square to an L-shaped one. Formal diagram.