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How to Layout a Pediment: 350 years of instructions

Jane Griswold Radocchia

The diagram shows the actual twine held tight at Points A and B. Perhaps Gibbs includes the knowledge of this diagram when he writes that his 'draughts. I began my diagram here on the lower edge of the pediment's frame. The 2 small diagrams on the right side Plate XVII are his codification to Vignola's Rule.

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It’s Gen-AI, Baby!

Ronen Bekerman

The diagram shows the generator and discriminator networks that make-up the 3D-IWGAN. The art of the prompt Or the modern-day equivalent of the California Gold Rush of the 1800s. Comments blog jobs tutorials Menu blog jobs tutorials Polytown Media LTD © All Rights Reserved 2022 It’s Gen-AI, Baby!

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Book Briefs #48

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

In this of "Book Briefs," — the series of occasional posts featuring short first-hand descriptions of some of the numerous books that publishers send to me for consideration on this blog — are six books in three pairs. They sent me a few, and given this book's portable size and breezy nature it was the first one I finished.

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2023 in Architecture Books, So Far

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Life, they say, throws you curve balls, and that's just what happened last month, when a family emergency had me put this blog on hiatus. This post, appearing on a Friday instead of its regular Monday, does not mean regular weekly posts will resume, as I'll be dealing with said emergency on and off for the foreseeable future.

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A Miracle on Lexington Street?

Community Architect Daily

The properties have been bundled into three assemblages (See diagram in Section III, Site Description). More than that, the impact-driven development, dynamic programming, incorporation of the arts, and local tenant mix will respect the buildings’ and neighborhood’s historic fabric, interspersing history with modern, timeless design.

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Sounds of Silence [8]

A Better Built Environment

Leave a comment Weekly Reading The Architectural Drawing Prize My love for architecture and the art of design is strong, even as my frustrations with the profession grow. Discussions revolved around function, choreography, concept, diagrams, but rarely what the building looked like.

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Three Lessons from Three Monographs

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Writing a blog devoted to architecture books means featuring monographs — lots of monographs. Not exclusively, of course; but before this blog transitioned to its current weekly format, one of the thematic days of the week was appropriately devoted to monographs: Monograph Monday.

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