Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

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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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MARCH 21, 2022

The Italian architect started his eponymous practice in 1992, after working in the office of Renzo Piano for a few years; that experience is evident in the Piano-esque nature of the sketches scattered throughout Building Green Futures as well as in a clear focus on sustainability in architecture.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 10, 2016

The Not so Sexy Side of Architecture Practicing architecture for 99.9% The practice of architecture is more than sketching on trace paper, parti diagrams, deciding what pens to draw with, groupies, and last-minute trips to Vegas. Maybe you shouldn’t be in architecture school … you don’t have what it takes.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 9, 2014

Jess Hopkin If it’s any consolation, I use sketch up all the time for trying to make my point at uni Tony Bob, Im new to your blog, and I have had some reading a lot of your posts and insight. The plan above isn’t the finished product but in some regards it’s not to far off. Cool, but whacky.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I think through drawing and sketching, for others they might turn towards computer software … I don’t really care. But , yes , I’d love to learn more new techniques. But , yes , I’d love to learn more new techniques. Hoping to go back and finish someday soon. I know I believe it. Thanks a lot!

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 30, 2014

Robbie Darling Bob I am an architecture student, and recently I got to design a small dwelling, which included its own small kitchen. We have just finished a kitchen renovation which was a year in the making. My wife is really anxious for me to move from the discussing and sketching phase into the construction document phase.

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Community Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Ah yes, and all that very contemporary sounding stuff was "fast tracked" in spite of production via the age old techniques of T-squares, ink on vellum and freehand renderings. Such sketches are what I recommend my students to prepare if they want to test if they really understand their own design.

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