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How to Layout a Pediment: 350 years of instructions

Jane Griswold Radocchia

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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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

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. Can architecture embody principles of spatial justice?,"

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Sounds of Silence [8]

A Better Built Environment

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?

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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

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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Should I be an Architect? | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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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Amber Book ARE 5.0 Review – Video Tour

Young Architect

This blog post will break down and summarize all the parts of Amber Book. Michael teaches design studio, environmental building systems, materials & methods of construction, and architectural acoustics. The ARE Boot Camp is perfect for people who are looking for more guidance and structure with the ARE's.

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Architects and their Deserted Island Music | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Erasure – The Innocents Another album I remember getting me through Grad School was Erasure “The innocents” Grad school by night, car audio consultant and system designer by day to put myself through school. Now I may have to post on my own blog…nice distraction. Sterling Audrey just made my day.