Architect Architecture School Diagram Sketching 
Jane Griswold Radocchia
MAY 3, 2024
In 1540 Sebastiano Serlio drew this sketch in Book IV of his On Architecture.* 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. I began my diagram here on the lower edge of the pediment's frame.
The Student Architect
OCTOBER 14, 2021
The beautiful hand-drawn renderings, whimsical sketches, expertly crafted models. You're sitting there thinking to yourself, well, I can't do that; I must not be cut out for architecture. 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.
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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?
EntreArchitect
JUNE 6, 2017
After responding to a hopeful architect on Dwell.com I decided to flesh out my answer and include more books. Naturally there is some overlap and some of these books could fit in multiple headings, this is architecture after all. Being a successful architect takes more than creating a wonderful idea and presenting it to your client.
Life of an Architect
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? Home / Architects / Should I be an Architect? Should I be an Architect? Bob Borson — February 10, 2014 — 49 Comments The last several years have been hard on the architectural profession. Should YOU be an architect?
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
about me Lets Work Together Frequently Asked Questions Do you want to be an Architect? I even sketched the floor plan of my room at the bottom. ( Thanks for sharing, it’s awesome to see how similar and different two architect’s experiences can be traveling the same places so many years apart. Incredible.
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