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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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

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. This is a sketch from project that I am currently working on – the KHouse Modern.

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Design Thoughts Architects

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Classical Villa Construction in Bangalore. Construction of this classical luxury villa is now taking place in Bangalore. Excavation Marking: Determining the amount of soil existing and removing undesirable bushes, weeds, and plants are the first and most crucial steps in the excavation process for this classical villa Construction.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 5, 2024

Note: If you are reading this via email, click here to access the on-site audio player] Today we are going to be talking about “drawing stuff”, and if you are wondering what that really means, you are in the right place because that’s what Andrew and I are going to try and figure out. I make drawings.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Initially invented in the 1980s, BIM is an all-in-one software package that includes features from digital representation to architectural visualization, data-driven design, construction documentation, and more. It has a simple and straightforward interface, which allows architects to effortlessly turn a sketch into a fully realized design.

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30X40 Design Workshop

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Foundation + site work has begun on the island Outpost project and we quickly encountered an important decision after removing the overburden of soil at the building site. This is one of many reason I visit the site regularly to review + resolve the questions that invariably arise during construction. Drawing Templates.

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30X40 Design Workshop

MAY 13, 2024

Its searchable archives (unlike many online museum sites) easily lead you to some wonderfully detailed and rich architectural drawings, sketches and even architectural models by some of the masters. Construction documents shown above can be viewed online here. 20 pages of each issue. But, for inspiration, I find it lacking.

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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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The Spaces

APRIL 11, 2023

He’s an intimate worker of space and the people who inhabit them, from the suburban sitting room to the urban construction site, all depicted in a style he boldly claims as his own. Finding form Michael Leonard, ‘Trees on Charing Cross Road’ sketch, 1955. (c)

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Architizer

JANUARY 23, 2024

Ideation and concept design, for example, vary significantly compared to drawing technical details or conducting site analysis. Architects can also upload their own image, for example an initial sketch or render, and modify it through additional prompts. Nevertheless, their applications are not limited to text-based imagery.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2023

Balbek Bureau created a Ukrainian home in Antartica Balbek Bureau was commissioned by Ukraine's National Antarctic Research Center to reimagine a defunct fuel tank in a prominent position on the site, which is one of the first things the 4,000 tourists visiting each year see. The photography is by Slava Balbek.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

“ VIRTUAL | REALITY ” by Giangtien Nguyen, Afreen Ali, Aziz Alshayeb and Erik H Kusakariba, INVI LLC From designing immersive virtual environments and prototypes to crafting a 1:1 scale client presentation and even setting up real-time construction simulations, XR technology brings architectural ideas into “reality” in a matter of hours.

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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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Architizer

APRIL 15, 2022

We always try to create a unique construction aesthetic that reflects nature’s purity and improvised nature. Due to the COVID-19 situation, when the project was under construction, our design team stayed in Bangkok, and wouldn’t fly to China. Construction management: Jason Yin; Construction: Nengqiang Yu.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

El Corazon is the result of a team effort, the evolution of a concept, from a very basic sketch to a first class restaurant. From the first approach and first sketches, keeping the essence and vibe of town was in our team scope. All the materials proposed and selected attended to our team experience on site. Year: 2021.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Fort 137 – The clients sought an environmentally conscious home with a direct relationship to its site to function as a base camp for their active lifestyle. Rocks excavated from the site were used so that the building blends into the ecology while minimizing waste. Project Status: Built. Year: 2021. to learn more about this project.

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The Spaces

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s part of Balenciaga’s Raw Architecture concept, which sees retail spaces stripped back to the extreme, designed to be closer to construction sites and abandoned spaces. London’s sketch says goodbye to pink with new interiors by India Mahdavi and Yinka Shonibare. There’s even artificial dirt scattered beneath the shelving.

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Dwell

MARCH 12, 2024

But in the decades since it was constructed, the prototype house has had a rough run, facing multiple relocations and periods of disrepair. This spring, the Palm Springs Art Museum will become the structure’s permanent site. An exterior sketch of the Aluminaire House by Kocher and Frey in 1931. Courtesy Collection of John D.

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Architizer

MAY 11, 2023

From sketching the earliest of ideas to unveiling new worlds in digital landscapes, many tools have revolutionized the way we work and transformed how we communicate our ideas. Bidding adieu to the delightful chaos of the napkin sketches, programs like AutoCAD and Vectorworks become our new best friends.

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Deezen

MAY 29, 2023

Chinese practice Wang Chong Studio used rustic stone walls and a sloping roof to help this art museum blend into its rocky site in China's Henan Province. Named Taihang Xinyu Art Museum, the museum is built around an old warehouse on the site, which backs onto Taihang Mountain and sits alongside the Cangxi River.

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A4 Architects

JANUARY 30, 2024

This includes the selection of the architect and a feasibility study analysis of the site. Proposed Site Plan (555 Ocean Ave, Newport, RI) If there is an existing building, even if that building is to be demolished, a careful survey of the structure is generally undertaken. The next phase is “Construction Documentation.”

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Community Architect Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The proposed buildings could be placed anywhere in the world; what about this site in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has shaped the buildings? In all, UDAAP members once again told MCB and lead architect Gensler that revisions were needed to their highly debated plan to redo the city's iconic Inner Harbor site. What will people do there?

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2022

The design team divided the sloping site with locally sourced red sandstone gabion walls, and seeds collected from plants disturbed by the building’s construction were planted when the dust settled. Design Workshop. General Design Award of Excellence. Image courtesy Design Workshop, Inc.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Brazilian architecture studio DB Arquitetos has completed a holiday home surrounded by a wooden screen in a forested site outside of São Paulo , Brazil. The five-level house is delicately stacked along a steep slope in a densely vegetated site.

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Architizer

MARCH 25, 2024

Chaos Enscape includes features such as site context , a tool that can add real-world topography and building data to the scene, orthographic views and BIM information for every model component as well as a vast library of assets and materials. The rendered 3d models can be easily navigated through VR headsets such as Oculus or HTC Vive.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2024

How to leverage regenerative principles to design for both the site and the building occupants through a partnership with nature. • In a first for Nike, products can move from sketch to prototype to final design to retail fixture all under one roof.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

The East Dareen Beach Neighborhood Park site in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, is a serious place: Bounded by a missile silo to the north, its double shore of coast and island form results from a dredge-ravaged coastline—and it is a major part of the city’s treated sewage effluent (TSE) program. By Jessica Bridger. Image courtesy Michael Blier, FASLA.

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Architizer

MAY 3, 2022

It’s a transformative moment for one of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry’s most popular software. With SketchUp for iPad designers can bring their 3D models on the go, from cars to remote workspaces and construction sites. Collaboration between architects and clients is also made more manageable.

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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. Sketching Solutions. Idea becomes sketch. Sketch becomes presentation drawing.

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30X40 Design Workshop

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Just under the lid there are three mesh pouches, Yeti calls this the ‘pack attic’ which adds another layer of organization to the box for storing a tablet, a laptop and sketching tools. So, first on my list is a camera to document existing site conditions, for precedent studies, travelogues, and later for documenting construction progress.

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Architizer

MAY 17, 2023

With a growing number of industry leaders advocating — with good reason — for students and young architects to receive more real-world construction experience , you could be forgiven for thinking that conceptual projects are a distraction, getting in the way of the invaluable education awaiting designers on the building site.

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Architizer

MAY 16, 2023

With a growing number of industry leaders advocating — with good reason — for students and young architects to receive more real-world construction experience , you could be forgiven for thinking that conceptual projects are a distraction, getting in the way of the invaluable education awaiting designers on the building site.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 20, 2022

Situated in an ecological belt of the Songshan Lake district, the new campus sprawls over a wider site area of 137,273 sqm. Nick Cordingley, Design Partner commented: “Our design for the new campus is deeply rooted in the natural environment of the site, offering a people-oriented, sustainable and technology-driven campus.

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SW Oregon Architect

MARCH 27, 2022

Additionally, both the SRG Partnership and Hoffman Construction —the lead members of the project’s design-build team—provide excellent insights to its design and construction on their respective websites. Note the greatly enlarged images of Bill Bowerman's sketches and notes on the underside of the upper seating bowl above.

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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. From climatological site conditions to potential present or future occupants and even immaterial data such as past histories, myths or cultural norms.

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Dwell

JANUARY 4, 2022

He immediately brought in builder Gero Dolfus, and a collaborative process unfolded where much of the design phase overlapped with construction. The home is made entirely with local materials, and much of the wood was harvested on-site. Lindsay Selin Swinburne envisioned a simple structure that would age in place, with minimal upkeep.

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Shades of Grey

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The site was on the crest of a hill just outside Harare, with the most stupendous view. My boss, Mike Clinton would draw enigmatic concept sketches on little squares of paper the size of sticky notes and leave it to us to make them work. I attended site meetings while the concrete frame went up, but not much beyond that.

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