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Architectural Sketching [or How to Sketch like Bob] | Life of an Architect

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Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

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Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? What about those poor souls? Happy surviving!

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Sketch Paper | Life of an Architect

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Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #010 I can’t find any sketch paper. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas.

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So you want to be an architect?

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Joining me to answer these questions (+ more) is my friend Bob Borson, architect + creator of The Life of an Architect blog + podcast. 04:27 Math we use in daily practice 07:27 I can’t sketch or draw, is this a problem? 18:25 The challenge of going to school later in life 19:38 What skills will prepare me for architecture school?

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How to Layout a Pediment: 350 years of instructions

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In 1540 Sebastiano Serlio drew this sketch in Book IV of his On Architecture.* A complete English translation of Serlio's 5 Books on Architecture , including the sketch of the pediment's layout, was available in the UK about 1720. He uses the geometry in the pediment of a Menagery, in his book, On Architecture *.

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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

Number 2 Your Projects from Architecture School are Silly September 4, 2014 Projects in architectural school tend to be somewhat outrageous – designing something to exist on the dark side of the moon isn’t all that unlikely. Blog Career Construction Design Do you want to be an Architect?

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#ArchiSketch | Life of an Architect

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Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.