Dwell

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

An early sketch envisioned the house as an open and transparent glass volume inspired by a ’60s California residence which play with the boundary of external and internal. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

JUNE 20, 2023

In their decade together, they’ve sketched, built, and remodeled their home in Los Angeles; designed custom treehouses that function as hybrid workspaces at the brand’s HQ; and, most recently, flipped a 1960s Yucca Valley homestead into a colorful Airbnb. The two leverage their different perspectives and strengths to complement each other.

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BD+C

MAY 29, 2014

Architects Building Owner BIM/IT Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Interior Architecture' This pen is equipped with a permanent ring-magnet that tracks your writing or drawing, and automatically transfers it to a connected computer or tablet.

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BD+C

JANUARY 29, 2015

The people at London-based sketch and modeling studio Gravity have found a way to turn Lego blocks into a digital modeling kit. Architects Building Owner Contractors Designers Engineers Facility Managers Building Team Building Technology Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Products and Services'

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Dwell

AUGUST 16, 2023

Though Kate and Chad Balsis hired contractors for the larger projects like tiling the main floor and building cabinetry, the couple did much of the construction and project management themselves—and even pulled their three sons into the process, too. The flooring and fireplace seen here feature the Venice alabaster large tiles.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 15, 2015

After working through the design and sketching up some revisions, and before we headed back to Dallas, we made time to visit with the contractor – another North woods Wisconsinite – to review the progress of the drawings. Contractor: So, you had this done before lunch?

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Dwell

JUNE 23, 2022

Acting as the project’s general contractor, she sketched a floor plan by hand, educated herself on building, got the permits, and hired the pros to bring her vision to life. She wanted it to be modern and simple—a celebration of craftsmanship, and a contemporary counterpoint to her 1937 home.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

There was a big push over the summer to get the drawings far enough along so that the contractor could begin in September with the excavating, and get the basement concrete work done before the first snow starts to fall. We have been working on this project – off and on – for about a year. ” Yikes!

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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. .

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Dwell

APRIL 23, 2024

In the case of the kitchen gut job, she actually showed her Sims build to her contractor, who was able to replicate it, even though he’s never played the game. Leo thinks The Sims helped him become "the guy that did all the plans" at work; becoming the go-to person for layout after an initial sketch of a project was done.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.

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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

These sketches allowed for exploration of the relationship between various materials and masses on the houses’ façade. Additional drawings are developed for coordination with contractors, manufacturers, and the owner. The Design Development Phase can include iteration on the design of both interior and exterior materials.

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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. SketchUp’s arrival on iPad brings a new era of design and construction collaboration.

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e-architect

JANUARY 3, 2023

The house takes the form of a sketch that clearly reflects the owner’s sense of a dream house with highlighted details. Contractor: Sotris SA. The only norm used to integrate two such opposing elements is monochrome architecture counter to the use of intense color in specific architectural elements. Project Credits.

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Architects Tales

JUNE 13, 2019

Sketch of dozer sinking into kudzu. The architect in response asked the contractor if anyone in their firm had visited the site or examined the site drawings (that showed the site’s steep contours) before they submitted a bid. “No, No, we just had a drive by,” said the contractor.

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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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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Arne Kvorning, CEO of Kvorning Design and mastermind of the architectural design of the pavilion, is very satisfied with the outcome, especially because the unveiling of the pavilion revealed how the produced design stayed completely true to the sketches and visuals he made back in 2019: Photo Courtesy of Kvorning Design.

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BD+C

JANUARY 15, 2024

Matthew Johnson, Benton Rudolph, and Tim Hudson Airports Contractors Designers Engineers Architects Coronavirus Reconstruction & Renovation By now, we’ve all heard of the unexpected opportunities that came with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a process of collaborative co-creation—not only in the process of design, but also in delivery.

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DesignScape Architects

MARCH 12, 2021

In planning the video, we initially prepared sketches, below, of the specific sequence to be followed as a guideline to the graphics team. This video was to show the specific sequencing that was needed to allow services and passengers to be rerouted with minimal interference on Airport Operations.

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30X40 Design Workshop

MARCH 14, 2021

This is the point where that initial sketch of an idea is rendered in physical form. All things being equal, given the choice between plentiful, profitable work on the mainland and work on an island, most contractors have been choosing the work that's easier to access and execute.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 2, 2014

What was pretty cool was that my pen started being passed around the table as everyone started to get in on the sketching action. I’ve said it on many occasions, I am just “okay” at sketching but I am able to get my point across in real-time. Your house will not look like this.”

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Shades of Grey

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For my part, I continue to pursue the goal of "sketching with Revit", if only because it has given me so much pleasure for the past seventeen years. To be fair I think it's understandable that architects led the charge but now lag behind. We are notoriously open-ended in our thinking and resistant to rigid formulas.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 19, 2015

I think that I owe it to the contractors that I convince to donate their time and money to support this cause to design a playhouse that doesn’t become a financial burden to them. I think I must be a doing a good job because the same contractor has built my playhouse every year for the last 6 years.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 20, 2016

I went digging through my piles of sketches for this project and I did find one of the early redlines I created. Ryan (in my office – the person responsible for all the Revit drawings you see on this site) blocked out this initial elevation based on the floorplan I sketched up.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

To date we have seen contents from: Architect Architecture Student Drywall Contractor Interior Designer Photographer Graphic Designer Electrician’s Bag Today we get a look into the bag of American architecture student, Kyle Landau, who at the time was studying abroad in Florence for his fourth year.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Reimagined displays of drawings and sketches will celebrate artists such as Glasgow Style pioneer Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh and Alloa-born David Allan, whose depictions of ‘Edinburgh Characters’ will allow visitors to get up close to street life in the Scottish capital in the late eighteenth century. Family Trails for children under 5.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Patrice Gruner: A book with a world map inspired me to sketch up the concept for the client. General Contractor: Allreal AG General Planner: Gruner AG Consultants: Aepli Metallbau AG, Gruner AG, Werkhof AG Photography Credits: DANIEL HAGER PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM GmbH. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design?

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

We also owe a lot of credit to the construction team, Forté Specialty Contractors. The book, titled Fort 137 Daniel Joseph Chenin, delves deeply into the design inspiration and our process with a compilation of sketches, diagrams, and construction photos, as well as previously unpublished photos of the residence. Team Members.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, it encourages the user to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing and painting in the pages of the book. Beautifully presented in a hard-sided box with a microfibre polishing cloth, the witty metal cufflinks arrive ready for gift-giving.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 16, 2018

sketch by Michael Malone] It all starts with an idea of how to articulate a concept. Not to discount the attention required from the contractor, but it turns out that this is a pretty simple process. This was one of the early mock-ups that were made to verify the simplicity of the process.

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Architects Tales

AUGUST 28, 2019

Specification by a Contractor: Pound to Fit, Paint to Match. 20: Sketch, sketch! If you cannot find anything else to sketch, sketch your boots! Buckminster Fuller, American inventor and design theorist. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 19: The mind is like an umbrella. It is most useful when open.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We send it to our family, and friends, neighbors, contractors and clients. In autumn, as the leaves begin to fall, Annmarie starts to sketch ideas and images, releasing the scenes and characters that have been living in her head since last Christmas… Watch the video above for the rest of the story.

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e-architect

APRIL 28, 2023

The whole ensemble creates an unusual volume that breaks away from the horizon to reflect the desired effect the designers were seeking to convey from the very first sketches. Black spruce plank siding was chosen for its visual neutrality.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 6, 2015

The sketch above was the original design concept for the deck for the House Modern project – although it wasn’t actually the first design. Turns out my sketch was pretty close from the beginning. Once I got all the moving parts (i.e. Boards are finally going down – Hallelujah!!

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30X40 Design Workshop

JULY 11, 2022

If I’m traveling and unplugged, I tend to prefer analog sketching to digital and it serves as a travel diary. PYM Mood Chews - These work on most contractors and 10% of structural engineers. The translucent pages are great for iterating ideas and take ink, pencil, even Copic markers without bleeding. Rechargeable LED Flashlight.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

Since a number of people don’t seem to understand this concept, I thought I would whip together some sketches to help illustrate my point. In order to reach all points on the site without damaging the trees, the contractor had to use a concrete pump truck with a giant arm on it. Love the sketches too.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On the opposite side will be drawings on ceramic tile that Pozo sketched from photos of Owens. Contractor R. Brass stars outline the constellations that freedom-seekers used to navigate northward. DERU’s design surrounds the thin and wispy oak tree with St. John’s wort ground cover. Community Partner Restore Cleveland Hope, Cleveland.

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