Life of an Architect
MAY 9, 2022
After a week full of various studio reviews, I realized how essential diagrams are to the presentation of one’s architectural ideas. While they may not hold a large place within the practice of architecture, they are certainly critical to success in the process of architectural education.
Jane Griswold Radocchia
MAY 3, 2024
The diagram shows the actual twine held tight at Points A and B. Palladio doesn't describe this, but the roofs in his The Four Books of Architecture (1570) use the same pitch. He uses the geometry in the pediment of a Menagery, in his book, On Architecture *. I began my diagram here on the lower edge of the pediment's frame.
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The Student Architect
OCTOBER 14, 2021
So many people feel the same as you do, and many of them let those thoughts get in the way of pursuing their dream to study architecture. Let's make one thing clear—architecture school isn't art school. Of course, it does, but there's so much more to architecture than drawing a pretty picture. Try collaging!
ArchiDiaries
JANUARY 15, 2022
With open spaces present throughout the building that offer possibilities for gathering, socialising and other activities, the Crescent School of Architecture is an example for institutional architecture that adapts over time, where users begin to take charge and re-configure spaces that adapt to changing needs and demands.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
APRIL 21, 2023
architect, verb: The New Language of Building by Rienier de Graaf, published by Verso. US release date: February 28, 2023 (Buy via Amazon or Bookshop ) In my review of this book last month at World-Architects , I described the latest by OMA partner Rienier de Graaf as "a book of lists."
Life of an Architect
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
Do you really want to be an architect? Being an architect is rewarding in ways that I don’t think could be easily replicated in a different field of work. I would say I get that question a lot but it’s really phrased “Do I really want to be an architect?” – SIDEBAR – “ What’s a tag?
Life of an Architect
APRIL 10, 2016
Simply based on my inbox, there is a new batch of bright and shiny new future architects about to graduate and they are on the hunt for their future … hopefully in an office like mine. The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% Does school prepare you for being an architect?
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