aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2024

The Serena Williams Building—a workplace for 2,750 occupants at more than 1 million square feet—is the largest structure at Nike World Headquarters. 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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Matt Fajkus Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

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.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2022

The bowl is raised off the ground to promote airflow, and is clad with metal mess with graphics that depict original design sketches by Nike co-founder and funder of the project, Bill Bowerman. Contractor: Hoffman Construction Company. Structural engineer: MKA. The photography is by Kevin Scott. . Project credits: .

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Community Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

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. Such sketches are what I recommend my students to prepare if they want to test if they really understand their own design.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 26, 2024

Photo © Naho Kubota Schaum/Shieh connected with the couple at a dinner party hosted by mutual friends, where one husband, a renowned anthropologist, unveiled sketches of a home he dreamed up based on his travels in Athens, where he spends a significant amount of time for fieldwork. A conversation developed from the drawing.

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Housing Sketching Information Site 52

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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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The building was stripped down to its bare structure which is kept to retain the building’s zoning privileges. The minimalist design approach emphasizes the existing vertical double columns and expresses the structure’s true appearance to the outside. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? © GRUNER&FRIENDS.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 25, 2019

These are the stairs that are in the process of getting built at our “Oak Grove” project, and this is the sketch that sent me down my rabbit hole last week. The sketch above is of the concrete wall that is supporting our new exterior stairs and my evaluation of the openings in the concrete wall. Unless the stairs are cool.

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Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

In response, the residence is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus to a periphery of private zones. From a perspective of form, it is an anomaly – a lone round element in an otherwise orthogonal structure. Conceptually and functionally, it is even more distinctive. Consultants.

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e-architect

APRIL 28, 2023

Each of the wings is supported by a main structure of steel, as well as an intentionally exposed secondary woodwork structure. 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.

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Design Thoughts Architects

APRIL 13, 2022

Structural feasibility is very significant as technically required to guarantee the design is feasible, as well as to identify any design issues. Provide a survey sketch and soil test report to the architect. A series of sketches will be properly arranged based on the basic facts gathered. Source: Shutterstock.

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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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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Architecture, after all, is a discipline that extends far beyond the visual – some day a single program might conceive a building, render it as a constructable set of drawings, detail its drains and gutters, and all along work with a client and an assortment of contractors and officials, as we expect of a human architect.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This is especially true with prefabricated projects, those buildings and structures that are manufactured in sections to enable quick or easy construction. The project was carried out in a very short amount of time, with less than a year going by from first sketch before the preschool had moved in and was up and running.

Housing 52

Housing Architecture Design Manufacturing 52

e-architect

APRIL 5, 2023

The Rouyn-Noranda Air Terminal is a single volume, two-storey building supported by a hybrid wood and steel structure. CLT’s bi-directional bearing capacities were deployed to great effect for the structure’s cantilevered portions. A generous forecourt on the city side welcomes and shelters passengers at the drop-off area.

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Mining Firms Real Estate Exterior 51

Life of an Architect

APRIL 16, 2018

sketch by Michael Malone] It all starts with an idea of how to articulate a concept. Of course, as soon as we thought we had it all figured out, the structural engineers said they wanted everything to be 5x bigger … which was unacceptable. How can we reduce and simplify the number of unique components?

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. The drawing above was my original concept sketch from June 2015 – pretty simple and direct … and a little unrealistic.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 24, 2022

For example, the metal mesh that wraps the underside of the seating bowl highlights original sketches from Bill Bowerman, innovator and creator of the original Nike shoes. The soaring canopy structure, or “bents,” surrounding the stadium are a powerful connection to Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

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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. The structure for this deck is pretty straight-forward … just like every deck ever made.

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Building Sketching Contractor Structure 91

Architects Tales

AUGUST 28, 2019

Beware: Beware of overconfidence; especially in matters of structure. Specification by a Contractor: Pound to Fit, Paint to Match. 20: Sketch, sketch! If you cannot find anything else to sketch, sketch your boots! Architect: If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 28, 2017

The sketch above is what started it all – messy and not really meant for public consumption, but yet here we are. This sketch is a graphic representation of a conversation I had about the purpose of wall types, how to key them, and how to avoid having 8 billion different wall types. We are not doing this.

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Architecture Contractor Sketching Exterior 72

Life of an Architect

MAY 25, 2015

The sketch above is one of the very first ones I created when I started thinking about what sort of playhouse I would design this year. Pretty simple sketch and idea, but make no mistake about it, these playhouses can be deceptively complicated little buildings – at least they are the way I do them.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 28, 2019

We don’t normally attempt to move a project of this size and complexity along at the breakneck speed that this one demanded, but I am happy to say that we met our deadline and I am writing this post from the office as I wait for the contractor to come in and review the drawing set for scope and intent.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible. When we listen carefully throughout the project, our clients and contractors will guide us to success.

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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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Architect Mining Site Sketching 52

EntreArchitect

JULY 25, 2021

Valuable data that serves a purpose is used as information, which is more structured than data, thus supporting the decision-making process. Furthermore, structuring and connecting information creates knowledge through a system of procedures that use the information to reach a goal. In order to be useful, it needs to be filtered.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 11, 2014

There are other options available to us -some include post-tensioned slab on grade and plain ol’ slab on grade, and all of these options are fine under the right circumstances but if I had my pick (which I normally do) we recommend the pier and beam structural foundation. Home Inspector : This house has structural issues.

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Foundation Architect Sketching Contract 107

Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

Salvaged and repurposed materials are finessed into benches and play structures. Straub typically makes the early sketches for a project, which Thurmayr then shepherds through design development and construction drawings. Thurmayr and Straub’s gardens are built largely by volunteers. Photo by Brian Barth.

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Landscape Client Clients Installation 98

Life of an Architect

MAY 11, 2014

I think that I owe it to the contractors that I convince to donate their time and their 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 5 years. Vegetables or Dessert?

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Architect Housing Design Sketching 87

e-architect

DECEMBER 2, 2022

These include historic film and television cameras, projectors, television sets, sound recording equipment, costumes, set design sketches and models, make-up, fan magazines, posters, and an outstanding collection of licensed merchandise—dolls, toys, board games, lunch boxes, and more. Contractor: Tangram International. Project Team.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 30, 2016

Either the space is too small for a physically capable child to use – or – the proportion of the playhouse is off because rather than scaling the entire structure based on an 8′-0″ high point, people stick full-size building components into a slightly smaller than normal structure … and it looks weird.

Housing 56

Housing Roofing Contractor Sketching 56

Life of an Architect

AUGUST 18, 2014

I use Google Sketch Up to draw the 3D modeling and adobe Photoshop for the presentation. The most challenging part is to rationalize the circular shape and also thinking about the structure including joint system. Kania put together a thorough set of drawings that the contractor could easily understand.

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Construction Construction Photoshop Events 75

EntreArchitect

MARCH 24, 2013

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible. When we listen carefully throughout the project, our clients and contractors will guide us to success.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 21, 2016

According to the contractor, the whole thing will be done by the end of June, although the owner and I aren’t sure that will happen. Remember this firewood sketch ? He’s taking the job site elevator up to the second floor ( along with the client and the contractor ).

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 13, 2023

Concept sketches by Diane Jones Allen, FASLA, DesignJones LLC; concept plan by DesignJones LLC. The National Lynching Memorial structure—with massive pillars suspended from its ceiling—held some interest for Rice and Nagin, but ultimately they decided the size of the coffin-like monoliths felt unsuited to the space. “She

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Foundation Safety Landscape Site 71

Landscape Architecture Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

An early hand sketch by Richard Hartlage, Affiliate ASLA, of planting for the Pollinator and Habitat Garden. They’re to be built in future phases and are suggested as calm shedlike structures framed in fir and clothed in cedar lath. Structural Engineer Lund Opsahl, LLC, Seattle. General Contractor J. Wilsonville, Oregon.

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Home Engineering Engineering Civil Engineering 86

Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Sketches and mementos adorn the south wall, including a bright orange mold stamp from Mill 19, an award-winning adapted steel mill project in Pittsburgh. Landscape Renovations, the contractor that installed the landscape, would oversee maintenance in the future. I’m here all the time,” Rockcastle says. It’s great.”

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