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Budget Breakdown: Near Melbourne, Former Bandmates Make a Modest House Sing for $290K

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Melbourne designer David Noordhoff had already established a rhythm with clients James and Zara McGuffie long before he designed their home. Noordhoff and James had been the drummer and guitarist in a successful indie rock band, Kilns , before Noordhoff went off to architecture school.

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Architecture School in a Box

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Before I enrolled in architecture school in the late summer of 1991 (has it been 32 years?), As architecture schools greet new students this fall, I thought it would be fun to revisit that list of “must-haves” after having practiced architecture for 30 years. You'll use a lot of this in architecture school.

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Architecture in the Real World … sorta

Life of an Architect

One of the things having a web site like mine affords you is a peek behind the curtain – curtains in just about every nook and cranny of the planet. One of the most common themes of these emails is that architecture school is nothing like working in the real world.

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#ArchiSketch | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Sharp Bob, As a recent graduate of architecture school – I’m proud to call myself an avid sketch artist. I constantly find myself sketching just to understand ideas, forms, and various concepts and my firm looks to me a lot to prepare and execute sketch renderings for clients and projects. The Lantern House -.

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Architectural Studio - 4 Questions | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

/ Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Bob Borson — May 8, 2014 — 30 Comments A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Not just with clients, but colleagues as well.

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Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Fast forward a few years – the college process is now complete and architectural schools are churning out extremely creative graduates, ready to take on the design world … except few graduates will actually get to work on “BIG IDEA” design projects. maybe there is, maybe the client wants or needs that!

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

Life of an Architect

It also helps me know which rolls of trace paper in the office are mine. I think they are all worth reading and commenting on, they are some of the most visited posts on this site. Architectural Sketches Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. Whats your guess. Check us out online!

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