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Sketching the Housing Crisis

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA, sketching outdoors. He calls urban sketching a public act, one of vulnerability and frustration balanced with unique opportunities for dialogue, discovery, and fulfillment. Observation and contemplation of the phenomena and nuances of a scene are critical skills honed specifically through field sketching.

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

Life of an Architect

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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NEPAL & INK

Shades of Grey

Human beings have built for thousands of years, using different techniques and materials, for different purposes, adapting to different climates and cultural settings. Fast forward to 2012. Experimenting with digital sketching tools. How to get the spontaneity of hand sketching into the digital world and back again, seamlessly?

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Architectural Delineation Competition - KRob 2013 | Life of an.

Life of an Architect

On November 14th, I will be moderating a panel made up of the jurors, who will be selecting the winners in this years delineation competition, where each panelist will present their work and engage in a lively conversation on current trends in architectural delineation, the profession of CG Architects, techniques and technology.

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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. There are many different styles and techniques that architects use when graphically working through problems.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Since a number of people don’t seem to understand this concept, I thought I would whip together some sketches to help illustrate my point. Love the sketches too. link] Bob Borson I did the sketches on top of trace paper (like 90% of all my sketches) but I scanned these in and added some color in photoshop.

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Book Briefs #41: Six Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Although the Fogo Island Inn and other smaller structures on Fogo Island are more familiar to people in the US than his Norwegian houses, one would have to search out the hard-to-find Architecture in Northern Landscapes from 2012 ( updated in 2016 ) for a book with those projects (or watch one-hour documentary devoted to them ).

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