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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Now that I’ve been at this “architect” thing for a little while, I can look back at my sketches, all the way back to my time in school, and see how my sketch technique has evolved and how that technique has shaped my architectural solutions. It shows that Ive been consistent in using these techniques.]

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You Make Your Own Opportunities | Life of an Architect

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One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. J ob site visits at lunch I hear it all the time, interns that want to get out of the office and go to the job site. link] Bob Borson Thanks Todd – nice to see you here on the site.

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Architectural Tricks of the Trade | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

This technique works on any large format sheet of paper. This technique also leaves you with an exposed title block along the outside edge of the paper which means no unfolding is necessary to see the nougaty drawing center. Underdog Architecture Student What about the way to tear a straight piece off of a roll of trace? (I

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I Want to be an Architect, Where Do I Start?

Life of an Architect

I’m not sure that it’s that big a deal nowadays – and it would seem that most graduating architecture students don’t really know how to sketch based on the portfolio’s I’ve seen. I was pretty sure that I have spoken about this very topic before so I went and searched through my site.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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She has been distinguished with several international awards, such as the Emerging Voices Award from The Architectural League of New York, and is a key member of this year’s A+Awards jury. The architectural historian Kenneth Frampton described their work as “very close to what I attempted to define in 1983 as Critical Regionalism.”.

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because that's what architects do for fun | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

It is extremely complicated and we are using Rhino and Grasshopper (fancy modeling software) to help generate and document the design – I’ll show it on the site here when I have a bit more information to present. The stuff the architecture students are learning in college is whacky. Cool, but whacky.

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The Great Kitchen Adventure Starts Now | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

There will be a natural evolution to what gets discussed over the next two years, it’s my site and I can talk about whatever I want. Coinciding with this series on my site will be the Sub-Zero and Wolf Kitchen Design Contest, now in its 20 th year. Also, name calling will get you banned from this site. and the world.