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

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Gehry; photo by Iwan Baan, 2014 The setting couldn’t be more fitting. 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. My sketches don’t come out of thin air.

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Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Life of an Architect

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook … and I was murdered. Here was the sketch that got me murdered. Since I tend to sketch when I talk, drawings and diagrams are created in real-time, right in front of the client, that reflect our conversation.

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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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Cease Speed | Hyperloop Station

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Since 2014, the technology is planned to establish its roots in major cities worldwide. Try using comprehensive presentation techniques; use images, illustrations, sketches, views, diagrams, text, etc. This technology is supposedly the change we need. Fig: 4 – Proposed Hyperloop Station (Credits-UN Studio). Eligibility.

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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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The 14 Books Every Future Architect Should Read

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Diary entries, unashamed messy models and sketches, a dictionary running throughout the book in the margin, and construction photos all work together in a novel way to give the reader a front row seat in a fast moving and high profile architecture firm. Before the talk I got him to sign his book, Ando: Complete Works 1975-2014.

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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.