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22.2.2024 Thursday - sorting out site issues

Lines on Paper

While the most visible of this communication that we see is in the form of drawings and sketches, the majority of it is conducted via the written or the spoken word. The communication continues through the project; during the contract documentation, during construction - written in emails and faxes, on pieces of carboard and on drywall.

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A4 Guide: The Six Phases of the Architectural Design Process

A4 Architects

If parts of the building are to be maintained then it is especially important to get a complete documentation of the structure. These may be done with simple hand sketches, Sketch-Up models or even Computer Assisted Design (CAD) drawings, but they will tend to be very diagrammatic and simple.

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Rocky’s Clause

Architects Tales

Sketch of dozer sinking into kudzu. In the end, the site drawings, which were part of the contract documents, convinced the contractor that he had made a mistake and would have to swallow the cost for the fill dirt. Thus, they needed to be involved in the drafting of the owner’s contract with the general contractor.

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MUSCAT & MORE

Shades of Grey

Sometimes I'm involved all the way through to contract documents but more often I will move on to a new project around the end of Schematic. Not sure what to say about this sketch, which I think I captured with my first digital camera when I was preparing to move to Dubai. This is a double page spread from that document.

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Join Factory Fifteen as Senior Creative Art Director

Ronen Bekerman

Lead internal and contracted artist teams to deliver on your vision, on budget, and on time. Work alongside the production and creative teams to build the ‘scope of work’ and fee proposal documents related to creative strategies. Strong design skills, ability to draw and sketch in your way. Nuke compositing skills.

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Star Tracks

Landscape Architecture Magazine

There are very few places that can document that a fugitive was actually there.” The plantings in the bioswale are largely medicinal and edible, documented for their utilitarian uses during the 19th century, including by Indigenous people. On the opposite side will be drawings on ceramic tile that Pozo sketched from photos of Owens.

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Design in a Day

Life of an Architect

I don’t worry about a contract at this point. Contracts are mainly for liability and there’s no liability in looking at ideas. If the project goes ahead I get a signed contract then. Waterfront house initial concept sketches. Waterfront house – more developed concept sketches.