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The Highrises Collection

SW Oregon Architect

Chris is a young designer and visual artist based in the city of Philadelphia. Back in 2015, a passion for photography sparked when he moved from his small hometown just outside the city to Philadelphia to begin architecture school at Drexel University. When done, Chris hopes to have documented 200 buildings across nearly 70 cities.

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Two Louis Kahn Books

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

I have not seen McCarter's first book on Kahn, but I don't feel the need to search it out — the second edition is so good, in both its scholarship and its visual documentation, that it easily supplants the first edition. The above paragraph was sketched with the assistance of the helpful timeline on the website of the the Louis I.

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Architectural Scale Figures

Life of an Architect

One of the very most important skill sets a designer can have is their ability to visualize space and the things that occupy that space. One of the very first sketches I ever published on Life of an Architect was the section sketch of the master bathroom shower in my own house. But wait … there’s more! ″ to 20.1″

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Design borne from tenacity and curiosity

Habitus Living

We’re both visual thinkers, and we have a tenacity and curiosity about getting to the essence of what we’re doing. There’s just something about sketching or generally moving about that has a way of surfacing a key insight that may prove pivotal. We visited Portugal in 2015 and visited many of Siza’s projects.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2023, London

e-architect

Since 2015, we have been delighted to support the annual Serpentine Pavilion commission and are looking forward to seeing Lina Ghotmeh’s incredible Á table structure come to life this summer. The 22nd Serpentine Pavilion marks the ninth year of support from Pavilion Sponsors Goldman Sachs.

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Cast Away 2.0 | Winter Retreat

ArchiDiaries

Statistics show from 2015-107 wellness tourism has grown 6.5 Try using comprehensive presentation techniques; use images, illustrations, sketches, views, diagrams, text, etc. Furthermore, the rise in disposable income and awareness in wanting to improve on mental as well as physical health has favored the Wellness Tourism sector.

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Arquine Competition MEXTÓPOLI 2022 Pavilion

e-architect

In 2014 he obtained an Honorable Mention in the Contest for the Mexico Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015. Diagrams, views, sketches, renderings, or any other form of visual representation that will help explain the project. In 2013 she was a FONCA fellow within the Young Creators Program. A 250 word-long (max) descriptive text.