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Architectural Sketches | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern.

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Hatchet Bedrooms | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I’ve sketched up a typical bedroom to help illustrate what I mean. In this sketch, I’ve rotated the bed 180° so that the head of the bed is opposite the entry and when the occupants are lying in bed, they have a clear view of the door. It’s disturbing and most people unknowingly try to avoid it.

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Letters from a traveling Architecture Student | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( i like sketching, i dont like dealing with paints etc. too funny reading what had been important to me back then, with little diagrams explaining things too. Actually staying in that building for a few days added an entirely different sensory level to my knowledge.

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On Case Studies

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

They can serve as vehicles for exploring ideas, as in Benedikt's book on the Kimbell; they can serve as repositories for the many sketches, drawings, and photographs produced about a place; or they can exist somewhere in between on such a spectrum between critical analysis and laudatory presentation.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in the Netherlands

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Founded in October 2010 by Tjeerd Bloothoofd. Their solutions are the result of a long series of consistent decisions and elaborations: diagrams and matrixes, sketches and artist’s impressions, ground plans and sections, construction models and working drawings.

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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

I think through drawing and sketching, for others they might turn towards computer software … I don’t really care. I would suggest a third question, to complete the Venn diagram: What does the world need? I know I believe it. I like to draw I’m not restricting this to pen or pencil on paper.

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Motivation - and why it's important | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Rainy Sundays are great days to sketch and work out problems in your head…even if you’re half watching Man of Steel while doing so… Kerry Hogue Man of Steel is the exact movie my one son and I watched this past rainy Sunday! instead of moping about as planned i shall produce another diagram for my project!

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