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
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.
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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. This is something that I think about every time I look at a portfolio … or even write one of my blog posts. I can promise you it won’t even be a fraction of what you think it will be.
A Better Built Environment
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
It was rarely heard in architectural school or during design studio critiques. Discussions revolved around function, choreography, concept, diagrams, but rarely what the building looked like. when architecture reached modern times, the very word beauty became taboo. Why Is The Modern World So Ugly?
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.
Life of an Architect
OCTOBER 23, 2013
Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Life in General , Observations , Travel a day in the life , about bob , Architecture School , bob borson , Travel , traveling Graphic Standards heard around the. i gotta say im so happy that i found your blog. Tim Barber Happy to see that my school Va.
Life of an Architect
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
When I first started architecture school as a freshman in college, I didn’t have the focus or maturity I needed to tackle the curriculum and I ended up having a serious identity crisis when I was 19 years old. Deciding to write this blog has in many ways become a watershed moment for me in my career.
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