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Refining Design – The Design Development Phase

Matt Fajkus Architecture

After the schematic design phase has been completed and a viable project budget has been developed, it is time to design the building’s structural system, layer in mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, and refine the design of functional spaces. Typically, the owner and architect will have 3 or more meetings.

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Line by Line

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Jubail is a major industrial center; in fact, it is one of the largest industrial cities—and was once dubbed the largest civil engineering project—in the world, since its designation as a focus for Saudi industrial development in 1975. Many people can design in plan, and in fact, most people do. Photo by Susannah Bothe.

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21st Century Architect Guide: 7 Visualization Tools Architects Can’t Live Without

Architizer

These tools are our trusty partners throughout the performance that is design. 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.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

2020 A+Award winner Anna Maria Bordas is an architect from ENSAVT and engineer of Ponts et Chaussées engineering school. She has formally wed her expertise in the two disciplines by founding Bordas+Peiro Architect and Engineering Firm. Anna Maria Bordas. to live among the cherry blossoms and historical monuments.

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Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

Phase one of the of that project might be, let’s say schematic design and we’re going to say it’s gonna take three months and it’s going to be worth 30 percent. We want to make sure that we make it simple for you to communicate with the consultants. So 30, $30,000. A use calendars.

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Letters of an Architect: Lessons from my Best Projects

Community Architect

There was "design assist" for the facades and an envelope consultant who did quality control of our detailing. 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.

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