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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Jane Griswold Radocchia

MAY 3, 2024

In 1540 Sebastiano Serlio drew this sketch in Book IV of his On Architecture.* Palladio doesn't describe this, but the roofs in his The Four Books of Architecture (1570) use the same pitch. Vignola's book on architecture was translated, of course. 1600, attributed to Vignola, comes from a book published in Spain.

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Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A recent Seattle house was featured in a New York Times article called " A Modern Home That Looks Toward the Sky and the Water." He has also received a series of commissions in the Miami Design District in 2018 (in collaboration with SB Architects), years after publishing a book on his alleyway explorations, Tight Urbanism , in 2010.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches by George Saumarez Smith Triglyph Books , October 2021 Hardcover | 10 x 12-1/2 inches | 240 pages | English | ISBN: 9781916355439 | $55.00 George has written several books on architecture and regularly teaches classicism at schools across Europe and North America.

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Shades of Grey

JULY 30, 2021

Freehand sketching and painting on stretched canvas are physical activities that I have always enjoyed. In my thirties, my obsession took me into education in Zimbabwe, writing and illustrating small text books, teaching at various levels. It’s interesting to return to university as a mature student. Oh to be young again.

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ArchiDiaries

APRIL 30, 2022

Excerpt: In Tainan Public Library designed by MAYU architects & Mecanoo, slender columns support the cantilevers in rhythmically placed quartets, giving a feeling of weaving your way through a modern bamboo forest. Art and books. This level is also home to a spacious study room with its own entrance, where students can study 24/7.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Omar Nobil: Students coming out of university in the last three to five years have a dramatically different understanding of 3D design – they really are 3D natives. MillerKnoll has contemporary furniture as well as design classics Alice Laycock: Do you think there's still a place for hand sketching? Omar Nobil: Absolutely.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This year's roundup of books to give to discerning architects for the holidays is presented in pairs. While at least one book in each pair is new, the other one isn't necessarily so — new, old, or not-so-old, it is related to the first in some manner, as explained in my descriptions. Hey, architectural historians like gift books, too!)

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Dwell

MAY 22, 2024

A new book rounds up hundreds of unbuilt structures and city plans from the 20th century to today that show just how different our world could have looked. From its peak, visitors could have seen over 50 miles in all directions, and experts said the building was "one of the best specimens of modern art for the next 30 or 50 years."

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Architizer

MAY 15, 2023

With two different awards categories for the Best Architectural VDrawing ( Hand Drawn and Computer Aided ), each recognizing a Studio Winner, an Individual (independent professional) Winner and a Student Winner, there are opportunities for all career levels to receive accolades from this accomplished panel.

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Deezen

JUNE 12, 2024

2:30pm – mobile saunas and waste pulp chairs Fresh out of their graduation robes, masters students from the Royal Danish Academy 's institute of architecture and design are exhibiting their final projects in a warehouse on achingly-hip Refshaleøen Island. A mobile sauna was part of the Royal Danish Academy's graduate show.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2024

2:30pm – mobile saunas and waste pulp chairs Fresh out of their graduation robes, masters students from the Royal Danish Academy 's institute of architecture and design are exhibiting their final projects in a warehouse on achingly-hip Refshaleøen Island. A mobile sauna was part of the Royal Danish Academy's graduate show.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The designer thought of the idea while out on a run and had to draw the design in the mud and then come back to sketch it. Amy Frearson Images by Amy Frearson 4:00pm Students from the University of Gävle collaborated with Swedish lighting brand Fagerhult to reimagine the appearance and function of outdoor lighting.

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Architecture Here and There

MARCH 26, 2022

(Pinterest/from his latest book). A book unexpected and unannounced arrived on my doorstep today: Robert A.M. The new book, just out, is, however, the biography of architecture’s own Zelig – he has always been around and pops up everywhere. I did not say I was an architecture student, which I certainly was not.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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Shades of Grey

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

They made me think of Gordon Cullen and his Townscape sketches /manifesto. Definitely part of the same modern world but immediately slightly different in terms of culture and "ways of building" It was already dark by the time I emerged from the jerky old metro. All as hands-on as possible. These are shots from my morning walk.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 9, 2013

All students and professionals are encouraged to submit entries, which are judged by a three member panel that includes industry recognized visionaries in the graphic arts. This competition is a big deal and there are typically hundreds of entries from all over the world from both professionals, students and all points in between.

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ArchiDiaries

DECEMBER 26, 2021

From booking holiday destinations through local tourist offices to planning a vacation a click away, technology has changed the way we travel. Modern lifestyles seem to have taken a toll on our mental well-being as well as our cities. All students and professionals can participate in the competitions. Eligibility.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Makes me want to get out my sketch book and try and start working on my own delineation skills. Cheers Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Design Architects , architectural sketching , architectural technology , design Reading between the Lines What to Get an Architect for.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

If your school doesn’t put any sort of emphasis on sketching, burn an elective (or two) and take a class over in the arts building. Architectural Portfolio’s and their true purpose Architectural Sketching Taking the Architectural Registration Exam Do you want to be an Architect? What’s the Right sized firm for you?

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Although the word monograph literally applies to any book devoted to any individual subject — be it a person, a place, a thing, or even an idea — in the realm of architecture books that one-word term is used more prevalently, if not strictly, in regards to individual architects and/or firms. A book on Le Corbusier is a monograph.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

It also has a new translation of Ando’s essay “Le Corbusier and His Houses,” with photos of more than 100 models of Le Corbusier houses made by Ando’s students in Tokyo, 2001, with Ando's commentary included in English for the first time. Not a building, that US project was just a room in a museum: Gallery 109 at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Since a number of people don’t seem to understand this concept, I thought I would whip together some sketches to help illustrate my point. Cheers, Consider sharing More Email Digg Print Share on Tumblr In Construction , Modern House , My Work concrete , Construction Observation , Construction Process , foundation , KHouse Modern.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

She also won the Top Student Prize in the 2021 One Drawing Challenge! From his remote island studio he makes videos about architecture, designs simple, modern homes, and shares his process online. Left: Lora Teagarden; right: The ARE Sketches book by Lora Teagarden. James Wines. Bob Borson, FAIA. Georg Windeck, RA.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

In addition to the college students they teach, children seem to be a primary target audience for their work. Straub typically makes the early sketches for a project, which Thurmayr then shepherds through design development and construction drawings. Breaking norms, after all, is often the only way to change them.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

While this represents progress, both gender and racial inequality and discrimination remains widespread in the architecture industry , from student bodies and educational institutions right through to professional organizations and the workplace as a whole. Her publications include the books 49 Cities and Above the Pavement—the Farm!

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30X40 Design Workshop

MAY 13, 2024

Whether you’re a student or a pro, I think you’ll find them invaluable: HABS (Historical American Buildings Survey) I’m a modernist through-and-through, but this is a resource even I can’t ignore. Detail in Contemporary Residential Architecture (book series) Basically detail porn. But, for inspiration, I find it lacking.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a feminist urban architectural intervention and a design created to support wild bees in Stockport feature in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Manchester School of Architecture. We have also welcomed international exchange students visiting from partner institutions. Student: Megan Pledger.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. a bus depot.) We both benefited for learning from each other.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

So far we have seen the contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Today we get to take a look inside the bag of Dallas based environmental graphic designer – Steve Jordan of Steve Jordan Design.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Apparently, some years I clearly want more stuff than others, and this year’s list at 28 total items falls somewhat short of last year’s intensive mega-book list (43 total items, 31 one of which were books.) At some point, I think we all need to overlay a few items and coordinate.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I could also argue that boiling water is particularly handy for architecture students so they can eat those oh-so-delicious $0.99 Books For Architects I have a lot of books … but by the standards of most architects, I run kind of light in terms of actual numbers. All of the books I have on this list are keepers.

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The Spaces

APRIL 11, 2023

Finding form Michael Leonard, ‘Trees on Charing Cross Road’ sketch, 1955. (c) Students were encouraged to keep daily sketchbooks, and Leonard found a huge source of material just outside the school’s gate, recording the ebb and flow of life on the street.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

x 10) - $15 I’m a big advocate of sketching, despite the fact that I am not particularly adept in my own sketching “style” I get a lot of Moleskine journals as gifts but the one I’ve listed above is my favorite. Since half of my sketches are total clunkers, the cahier journals seem just a bit more forgiving.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 1, 2013

If you sketch something with a dead-end corridor that’s too long, and the intern catches it and drafts a viable solution, instead, while they are doing everything else, I think they should be rewarded for that. Kymberly Having mentored many students, I can say that your advice and analogy are spot on.

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Architizer

APRIL 4, 2022

A post-apocalyptic walking city inspired by the work of Archigram, but that also looks at literature, as the book “Mortal Engines”, and cinematography with “Mad Max” The advanced technologies for space research have lost their initial use and are now used to survive on Earth. .

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

MAY 30, 2022

Here is the next installment 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. The biographer spoke with many people in the making of his book and "Holly is my hero" was a consistent refrain from them.

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