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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Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

Shades of Grey

MAY 12, 2024

I saved a bunch of snapshots and then decided to do rapid sketch overs. Partly aimed at developing my sketching skills on the Microsoft Surface by the way. These sketches are from a history project. The idea of a BIM sketch is very appealing to me, but it's hard to pull off. Clients likewise. So that's it.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 14, 2024

With each project, they must understand their client’s needs, contextualize the project within its environment, and identify constraints before embarking on a journey of creative exploration. The process of design involves brainstorming, sketching, and experimenting with different ideas. Problem-solving is also iterative.

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Architecture Innovation Sketching Art 203

EntreArchitect

MAY 30, 2017

Sketching The Hopes and Dreams of My Future. I spent hours at that board sketching all the hopes and dreams of my future; muscle cars, fast boats and contemporary houses. I spent hours at that board sketching all the hopes and dreams of my future; muscle cars, fast boats and contemporary houses. I loved that room.

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Sketching Small Firm Client Clients 52

EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 6, 2013

I have no portfolio of my own to show clients. I’ve shared articles on how much it may cost to start your own firm and how Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio with no clients and very little money. Your first clients may come from relationships built during your time as an employee. How do I get that first solo project?”

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Client Clients Architecture Firms 52

Habitus Living

MARCH 3, 2024

The design brief evolved throughout the iterative process, through conversation and sketching. Conceived by Kerry Phelan of K.P.D.O Architects, the name of the project is informed by its location, labelled as Toorak House 2. KPDO envisioned the apartment as one large communal room that pivots around the entertainment spaces.

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Inspiration Sketching Design Brief Residential 105

Lines on Paper

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A local client recommended us to a developer wanting to build a resort, near this one which did not proceed beyond sketch design. Sam and I eat lunch in our parked car, steps away from a coffee place. So that after lunch, we can share a coffee before she heads off and I go back to the office.

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Architonic

APRIL 6, 2022

Each installation is unique, meticulously crafted with an individually and form of its own to fit the client’s spaces. But the size and scope of my bespoke light sculptures are different for every client. I start with the understanding of the space, CAD Drawings, and pictures, and I start with the first sketches.

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Installation Manufacturing Sketching Art 98

aasarchitecture

APRIL 30, 2024

Image © Aedas Location: Hangzhou, China Architect: Aedas Design Directors: Ken Wai, Global Design Principal; Wei Li, Executive Director; Feili Shen, Executive Director Client: Chuanjia Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. It resembles as a Bodhi leaf, emulating leaf veins to create open courtyards and view corridors. Source by Aedas.

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Industrial Sketching Technology Technology 59

Aric Gitomer Architect

JUNE 23, 2022

Social media platforms are overflowing with architects showcasing their work and they always put their contact details to find more clients. Whether it’s their projects, sketches, or blogs, you can access them through the touch of your hands. The more impressive their website, the more clients they could attract.

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Architizer

MAY 10, 2023

Manual methods, such as sketching or building paper models, force a designer to make decisions in a highly conscious manner, encouraging a more deliberate, considered approach to architectural design that is hard to replicate through technology. Drawings and models help to communicate design ideas to clients.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

In their view, there are three phases to the design process: design, iterate, validate: “Design is what we are already doing, iterate is what our clients ask of us, but the validation portion is where things fall apart.”. The ability to examine a space in the form of a 3D model has become an essential part of the design process.

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Architecture Visualization Sketching Client 96

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook … and I was murdered. Here was the sketch that got me murdered. Since I tend to sketch when I talk, drawings and diagrams are created in real-time, right in front of the client, that reflect our conversation.

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Sketching Project Schematic Design Diagram 108

Dwell

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We daydreamed and sketched all along about how we might take better advantage of the unique site and views someday." We enjoyed exercising some of the skills we used for clients, but in a more direct way," John says. When John Kleman and Georgianna Salz-Kleman bought this home in 2010, it hadn’t been touched in decades.

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Home IT Real Estate Sketching 98

Architizer

JUNE 20, 2023

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Firms Home Architecture Visualization 109

Lines on Paper

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

I recently found these sketches from 2015, and was quite pleasantly surprised that the key idea is easy to understand, it made use of the existing space and tied in neatly with the existing structure. In any case, I recall enjoying working on this design and conversations with Sam, who was a good intermediary between the client and us.

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Concept Sketching Architecture Client 52

30X40 Design Workshop

JANUARY 23, 2024

Typical new year resolutions set aggressive goals (tripling revenues, more projects, better clients, etc.), 80% of your revenues will come from 20% of your clients. 80% of your new clients will come from 20% of your marketing. What top-of-funnel activity can you do each day to find new (+ better clients)? Keep it simple.

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Deezen

JUNE 29, 2023

The Jaipur Rugs Dubai showroom is designed with reference to India's stepwells "The design concept was born from a simple sketch that I did after my first meeting with the client," Roar founder and architect Pallavi Dean told Dezeen. "I It also had to be an experiential space, which can be intuitively navigated by its users.

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Client Clients Sketching Industrial 98

Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Andrew Kudless, who works under the moniker Matys Design , said the technology may come to be essential in the early stages of projects, taking the place of sketching and idea creation. Because that's not the goal of a sketch. Stability AI can be used for the architectural sketching phase. This isn't going to upend anything.".

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Architecture Sketching Technology Technology 128

Architizer

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Architects upload their work to Architizer for a variety of reasons: To showcase their projects to potential clients, share knowledge with peers, and create a shared portfolio that everyone in their team can access and share. . ➡️ Click here to explore the latest featured projects 2.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #010 I can’t find any sketch paper. It is a sketching paper but most importantly, it’s a tracing or better term, refining paper that allows you to work something out by layering tracing paper over it. What do you need it for?

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Whether it be to develop a design, contextualize a project or win over a client, the metaverse is making its mark in the architecture community. Whether it be to develop a design, contextualize a project or win over a client, the metaverse is making its mark in the architecture community.

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Visualization Sketching Architecture Client 75

Architizer

JUNE 1, 2023

While Midjourney is yet to fill the shoes of your favorite visualizer, the intelligent program can help designers convey complex designs by producing stunning visual narratives to help demonstrate to clients and stakeholders our vision. gives architects a bounty of time, freeing them to engage more deeply with creativity and clients.

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Architect Design Visualization Schematic Design 103

Lines on Paper

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

an axonometric sketch for our discussion with the engineers Black Monday for some, and since we have not been following the news (from the US esp) - I have forgotten the outrage which marked this day more than a decade ago. As much as I feel for the people who died, I grief for the two buildings that were destroyed as well.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

AUGUST 8, 2022

With intricate and lively sketches, he explains the classical orders of architecture that were created by Vitruvius around 100 AD. The book contains a large number of Terry’s drawings and sketches from travels, as well as linocuts. Also included are his drawings of such quintessential examples of the use of classical orders as St.

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Sketching Architecture Modern Client 101

Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Instead of spending numerous hours sketching, drawing and model making, “creative” AI apps can generate countless concepts in a matter of seconds by simply feeding them client briefs. In other words, they bridge the communication gap between architects and clients. Cameron Butler , AI protest image 3 , CC BY-SA 4.0

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30X40 Design Workshop

MAY 2, 2021

A recent site visit + client request sets in motion a process every architect is familiar with: redesign + revisions. This is my process for solving real-world architectural problems, from sketching to updating the drawings and documents. And, of course client preference is chief among them. Sketching Solutions.

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Lines on Paper

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Sketches for fun which were also the ideas for a boutique hotel by the river - the technique is a type of ink and wash but instead of the traditional water colour wash, I am using InkTense water marker pencils with a fountain pen outside.

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Sketching Technique Client Clients 52

30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The digital tools of architecture practice are always changing, but I think most architects will tell you that analog tools - sketching and model making - are an unchanged part of their design process. The sketch is purposefully open-ended and left open to multiple readings. Concept Sketch. Click to Watch the Full Video.

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Sketching Building Utilities Concept 52

DesignRulz

APRIL 24, 2023

This title highlights your expertise in creating accurate and detailed 3D models, as well as your ability to produce high-quality renderings to showcase design concepts to clients. The specific services you offer may depend on your expertise and the needs of your clients.

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Visualization Client Clients Technology 73

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

I’ve even continued to work on this project 6 months after leaving the firm I was with when I started this job, mostly because I really like the project but also because the clients are pretty amazing and I can’t imagine not being around to see this particular project come to fruition.

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Architect Sketching Client Clients 124

Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

In this week's comments update, readers discussed recently released trainers informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches. Kith released a pair of New Balance trainers informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches , but commenters weren't convinced by the connection to the 20th-century architect's work. White brick is a great choice.

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Sketching Permits Information Visualization 105

A4 Architects

JANUARY 30, 2024

This work included interviewing the client to better understand the program of the project, which are the functional requirements of the new construction, the size and orientation of the various component parts, the aesthetic goals, the scheduling requirements, and the approximate budget that is available to design and build the project.

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Schematic Design Architecture Contractor Sketching 52

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

A sketch of the Saudi Arabian coastal park shows the density of programming flowing across drawing types. Landworks designed East Dareen by developing sketches and complex drawings, translating them into digital formats, and exporting them back out again. Sketches figure as a deep mode of practice and communications for Landworks.

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Sketching Landscape Client Clients 83

Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Utilising the company’s 135 years of producing bespoke lighting for hotels, luxury residences, heritage buildings and superyachts, Dernier & Hamlyn’s design team used the 80-year-old image to create sketches to present their ideas. Cast in solid brass, the chandeliers are almost two metres high and two metres wide.

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Sketching Government Installation Technique 105

Architizer

MAY 3, 2022

Markup mode allows users to sketch, redline, and annotate on top of their 3D models using Apple Pencil, combining the fluidity of trace paper with the tools of a digital touchpad. Collaboration between architects and clients is also made more manageable. Designers can share models easily and make changes during client meetings.

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Architect Client Clients Sketching 101

Deezen

JULY 17, 2022

The clients sought a design that would provide them with a sense of place — a year-round 'cottage in the city' was the brief," said the studio. The intent of the design from the first sketches was to re-introduce place to the land," the studio added. Project Dove by Toronto studio Agathom Co. Agathom Co.

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