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Architectural Sketches | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Architects / Architectural Sketches Architectural Sketches Bob Borson — September 26, 2013 — 22 Comments Architects sketch as part of the process when doing their job … at least I do. There are many different styles and techniques that architects use when graphically working through problems.

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Pier and Beam Foundations - KHouse Progress | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Construction / Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Pier and Beam Foundations – KHouse Progress Bob Borson — June 12, 2014 — 73 Comments On the residential part of our practice, we do a lot of pier and beam foundations. Here is a typical wall section through a pier and beam foundation.

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10 Best Architecture Firms in Costa Rica

Architizer

Besides designing buildings that harmoniously blend with the surrounding environments, architects use locally sourced materials and sustainable technologies such as rainwater harvesting systems, solar power and natural ventilation techniques, prioritizing the country’s sustainability and preservation of its natural heritage.

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Annie Barrett and Hye-Young Chung create a "home within a house" in Los Angeles

Deezen

Blackened wood facades, a central cube for sleeping and meditation, and light-filled rooms feature in a California home that was designed by US architects Annie Barrett and Hye-Young Chung for art-loving clients. As the clients approach semi-retirement, they desired a long-term home that would be suitable for an evolving lifestyle.

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Mapping Your Firm’s Strategy: Visual Business Frameworks for Architects and Designers

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For client-focused firms like architecture and design studios, this canvas helps ensure a great value fit between what you offer and your target customers genuinely want. It will be easier to start executing against your vision once you have a clearer foundation.

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In conversation with: Wei Xiao (??), Founder of Zhengyin Art

Hotel Designs

I hope as Zhengyin Art progress, we can also have many meaningful encounters and grow with our clients and partners. By changing this mindset, we were able to better communicate our ideas and visualise the concept to our clients. These projects provided us with many opportunities to try new visual expressions and techniques.

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Nanjing Joy City by Benoy

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With commercial functions as the project foundation, and diversified events as the medium, we intend to provide an exciting social space for young people while creating vast business opportunities for merchants. And with the shopping mall to the east, it uses diversified modern design techniques and makes full use of the public riverside.

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