Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm! One could spend hours thumbing through the renderings of United Design Architects , or UDA, the Tehran and Portland based architecture firm co-founded by Iranian architect Raha Ashrafi. Raha Ashrafi . Take the Origami office building in Paris.

Architecture 101

Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

Life of an Architect

MAY 15, 2016

I originally introduced this project to everyone in a post I wrote called “ Sketching during Schematic Design ” that I wrote back in November 2014. That post showed the process of going from initial concept to a finished schematic design plan that I would ultimately show the clients.

Architecture 58

Architecture Finishes Site Windows 58

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. That is true even for concept software such as Sketch-Up. Thus the different sheet sizes didn't matter.

Project 80

Project Architect Sketching Roofing 80