Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

shudder] You’ll have to fill me in on the details next time I see you Tim Barber A word “circulation” I always visualize how furniture will go in a room so I can understand how the travel path will flow in that space. Therefore, anything you read on this site is not a substitute for actually working with me.

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Architect Windows Sketching IT 99

Architizer

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Eventually, during the centuries of dynastic rule, outsourced external laborers introduced a new Chinese visual language. This newfound support of modernism and experimentation can be felt in the country’s contemporary architecture, which is often experimental yet site-specific, and at the forefront of biophilic design.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Cities 98

Deezen

JUNE 27, 2023

The site of Mendel's Greenhouse was chosen by Chybik + Kristof based on an original greenhouse that once stood in the monastery's courtyard, which was the site of the biologist's early experiments before being destroyed by a storm in the 1870s. An open interior is sheltered by the large overhang of its glass roof.

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Diagram Roofing Glass Foundation 104

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

My favorites tend toward the last: an abundance of visual information accompanied by input from both creators and critics. The essay continues for seven more images or pairs of images that trace the site's historical uses, its conversion to a training centre, and its potential in influencing future preservation projects.

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Housing Restoration Deconstruction Diagram 102

Architizer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

All elements — diagrams, proportions and dimensions — are carefully designed with precious and valuable details. Somdoon Architects © Nuttapong Pongpibool Somdoon Architects was founded in 2010. We focus on not only developing ideas in the design process but also doing great researches on cultural and behavioral contexts.

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Architecture Firm Firms Architecture Housing 98

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Lyday Farms Site Plan (click to enlarge) The main house (legend keys 1 through 6 above) is actually two buildings divided by the dog trot and connected under one continuous roof. Our idea was to have the buildings be as color neutral as possible to allow the green of the grass and trees dominate the visual. What a great choice.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

This is really a diagram of parts to be resolved … pretty sure I would need a header (structure) where the window connects with the roof plane. dot connector Architects must always remain to be “Artists of visual communications” Why? But I really enjoy and follow your site. I like the art of freehand arch.

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Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111