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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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I Want to be an Architect, Where Do I Start?

Life of an Architect

What About Sketching? I’m not sure that it’s that big a deal nowadays – and it would seem that most graduating architecture students don’t really know how to sketch based on the portfolio’s I’ve seen. Presentation skills are far more important than anybody in school actually realizes.

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BONDING GAMES

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Don’t have all the answers yet, but definitely making progress. There are little sketches mixed up with diary entries and general musings on life. I found a sketch of mortar on a “spot board” and a piece of decorative brickwork, including a brick-on-edge roll. Some of these families are fixed size with visibility parameters.

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Photo's #frommydesk | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture.

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5 Tips for Finding Best Architecture Graduate School

Young Architect

For those in this situation, and even for those who do have an architecture background, here’s my advice: In the summer before starting school, spend a ton of time in the library, and an equal amount of time visiting buildings, sketching, and going to lectures and events. Visit Each Architecture Graduate School .

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Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

Life of an Architect

Primarily among these activities is that I like to sketch out my ideas rather than relegating it to a computer program. For me, I definitely went old school on this process … I did it by hand. For grins, I thought I would use the following example … laying out tile patterns.

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Steve Chambers, By Hand

Stephen B Chambers Architects

I learned to design in architecture school using freehand sketching and manual drafting. And though others in my profession often use computers to assist their design, I still begin with the sketch…by hand. Often, I look down at the blank piece of paper without a definite sense of what the design wants to be.

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