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

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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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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

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While 2014 isn’t technically over yet, it isn’t going to stop me [ cause I do what I want] from looking back at all the articles I wrote over the year to see which ones represented the very best that 2014 and I had to offer. February 10, 2014 The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession.

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Victoria Yakusha designs furniture collection as homage to Ukraine

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Yakusha used an ancient but increasingly rare artisanal technique known as lizhnykarstvo to create the tapestry, which is thought to have originated in the Carpathian Mountains. "At When I made my first sketches, I was drawn to massive grounded forms. It has a textured appearance. The furniture has a textured outer layer.

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A?lvaro Siza designs tiled mural for Space Copenhagen’s Porto restaurant interior

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Other local projects by Siza include his 1963 Boa Nova Tea House , which was transformed into a seafood restaurant for Portuguese chef Rui Paula in 2014. The studio used green and orange tones throughout the interior The green and orange hues of the tiles appear elsewhere in the interior.

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"I didn't want my drawings to be used as patterns" says Ronan Bouroullec

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As he grew older and refined his technique, he treated these drawings as a form of exploration. Kvadrat has created three textiles based on Bouroullec's drawings Unlike his design sketches, always created with a sense of the big picture in mind, the drawings focus primarily on the detail of the lines and how they progress across the page.

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Architectural Sketches | Life of an Architect

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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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Architectural Delineation Competition - KRob 2013 | Life of an.

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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.