Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Number 4 Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress June 12, 2014 How does a pier and beam foundation work? A close up look at the progress on the KHouse Modern and an opportunity to explain how pier and beam foundations work. On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations.

Sketching 89

Sketching Architect Foundation Technique 89

Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Tellingly, the idea to cofound the studio came while Bordas and her partner were working together at the Louis Vuitton Foundation, an experience where the paradoxical proximity and distance between the world of design and engineering was attenuated. Left: ARE Sketches Volume I; right: Lora Teagarden. Céline Semaan. Lora Teagarden.

Architecture 101

Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

Community Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

As a step towards the schematic design refinements, my boss had prepared 6' long pencil-drawn and marker-colored large-scale wall sections on narrow sketch paper strips that showed how everything should fit together. Such sketches are what I recommend my students to prepare if they want to test if they really understand their own design.

Project 80

Project Architect Sketching Roofing 80