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MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple creates elliptical house for mountainous site

Deezen

One side of the main floor holds the public zone – a kitchen, dining area and living room, which connect to a covered deck that looks west, offering striking sunset views. There is also a "ski-in, ski-out" area The top level of the home contains the garage and mechanical space.

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A4 Guide: The Six Phases of the Architectural Design Process

A4 Architects

This can establish “grandfathered” conditions that may apply to new project and impact planning and zoning calculations. 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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GRUNER&FRIENDS Develop New SWISS LIFE – KPMG HQ

Architizer

The building was stripped down to its bare structure which is kept to retain the building’s zoning privileges. Patrice Gruner: A book with a world map inspired me to sketch up the concept for the client. The building was stripped down to its bare structure which is kept to retain the building’s zoning privileges. Team Members.

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Cape Town International Airport – Terminal 2 Project

DesignScape Architects

In planning the video, we initially prepared sketches, below, of the specific sequence to be followed as a guideline to the graphics team. A decision in principle had been made that the old Terminal 2 should therefore be demolished, to allow building of a new Terminal 2.

Project 52
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Schematic Design – This isn’t “Architecture”

Life of an Architect

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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Daniel Joseph Chenin, Ltd. Construct Fort 137 Featuring Unobstructed Views of the Surround Desert and Canyons

Architizer

In response, the residence is an open structure, organized into three layers, which radiate from a communal nucleus to a periphery of private zones. We also owe a lot of credit to the construction team, Forté Specialty Contractors. Nothing was left to chance and the exact design concept presented to the client was built verbatim.

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Des Forges Residence, Mauricie, Québec

e-architect

Located at a height of 55 m on the edge of the cliff’s erosion zone, the upper floor of the house rises from the ground and follows the curves of the St. 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.