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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

Today is a first – I am doing something that I told myself that I would never do … show you one of my projects from architecture school. Number 1 [drum roll please …………… ] Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me April 7, 2014 Ever wished your sketches looked like mine?

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Arquine Competition MEXTÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

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From a vision specialized in the dissemination and research of architecture, it generates a critical dialogue that develops in parallel with art, design and urbanism. In 2014 he obtained an Honorable Mention in the Contest for the Mexico Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015. In 2013 she was a FONCA fellow within the Young Creators Program.

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The Finalists – 2017 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition

Life of an Architect

I participated in a number of architectural competitions, some of which were rewarded. Designer : Andrei Olkoski (Novo Hamburgo, Brazil) Bio : I am an architecture student, I’m in the 5th semester and I’ve been working with custom furniture for twelve years. I have been working in architecture visualization since.

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Ten Pairs of Books for Christmas

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Boasting as many pages as An Atlas of Es Devlin is Copper Hewitt's guide to its own collection, made with designer Irma Boom when the institution completed a major overhaul of its Upper East Side home (the former Andrew Carnegie mansion) in late 2014/early 2015.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

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Sharon Davis ’s Women’s Opportunity Center in Rwanda won both the Popular and Jury A+Award for Architecture +Community in 2015 and it isn’t hard to see why: the complex is one of the most inspiring community-oriented projects in recent memory. Left: ARE Sketches Volume I; right: Lora Teagarden. Sharon Davis. Lora Teagarden.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2017]

Life of an Architect

If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it. As a bonus, even non-architects would like a book like this because it explains the vocabulary that architects use on a daily basis with wonderful sketches that clearly show the subject. B O O K S ! ! ! They are all that good.

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Book Briefs #43

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Like The Battle for Home , Building for Hope 's text is accompanied by the architect's own sketches, this time depicting places well beyond her native Syria. These words are from an opinion piece arguing that Putin's invasion of Ukraine was enabled by the "free pass" the international community gave him in Syria.)

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