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Sketch to Finished Floor Plan

30X40 Design Workshop

Would you be surprised to learn that most architects aren't taught how to assemble a set of construction drawings in architecture school? In part, that's because I believe quality drawings directly influence the quality of the finished work. Concept Sketch. I certainly was. Walls, Doors, + Windows.

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

Life of an Architect

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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How to survive Architectural School Juries

Life of an Architect

Let’s pretend that you are in architecture school – maybe you just started, maybe you’ve been there for a while – I’m not sure that it matters for today’s discussion. By the time I finished school, I had figured the process out and I’ll go so far as to say college became rather easy.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

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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How to Layout a Pediment: 350 years of instructions

Jane Griswold Radocchia

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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Uncovering the Next Step with Architect Brad Michael

Young Architect

Brad decided to look into the profession of Architecture when a teacher of his in high school noticed that he excelled in math and suggested he might excel in architecture also. That propelled Brad to go to Architecture school at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. His struggles in navigating school.

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The Dwell 24: Palma

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Formerly classmates in architecture school, the duo behind Palma reunited years later to bring their enigmatic design vision to life. The duo met in their first year studying architecture in the same program in São Paulo but lost touch for a number of years when Döbberthin transferred schools to study fine art.