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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.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph Monday.
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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
APRIL 21, 2023
Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family emergency had me put this blog on hiatus. The book is a fitting result of a building, the Petite École , that functions as an architecture school for children.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 11, 2020
The work you spent weeks or even months agonizing over and trying to skillfully articulate in the forms of diagrams, plans, perspectives, collages, etc. On my first pass through your portfolio - which could be your only pass - I am not reviewing the quality of your design solutions of the items you are displaying within your portfolio.
Young Architect
JUNE 19, 2022
In this blog post, we’ll take a broad look at the study materials available for ALL the ARE 5.0 Project Planning and Design (PPD). This blog post will focus on study materials about each exam. To make things easier, a table of contents is provided below to help you navigate this blog post. Designer Hacks.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
JANUARY 30, 2023
In my decade working as an architect in Chicago, from 1997, after graduating from architecture school, to 2006, when I left for grad school in New York City, I made many, many — many — trips to Prairie Avenue Bookshop, spending too much money there but always feeling when I walked out the door that I could have easily spent much, much more.
A Better Built Environment
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
We can design places that have better acoustics and thus create better places to live. The design of our streets, public spaces, and buildings can consider the acoustics of the urban environment just as they respond to climate, weather, and other functions. It is seeing things like this that rekindle my passion for architecture.
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