The Architect's Guide

APRIL 8, 2021

Whether you are an architectural professional or student you should find many of these resources a welcome addition to your home or office library. A Field Guide to American Houses: The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture. Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design. Buy on Amazon.

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Shades of Grey

APRIL 30, 2021

Don’t have all the answers yet, but definitely making progress. There are little sketches mixed up with diary entries and general musings on life. I found a sketch of mortar on a “spot board” and a piece of decorative brickwork, including a brick-on-edge roll. Some of these families are fixed size with visibility parameters.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The Addams family first appeared in a 1938 New Yorker comic by cartoonist Charles Addams, which marked the earliest sketch in a long-running cartoon series depicting the ghoulish family. When you say ‘Tim Burton,’ you immediately conjure up a visual aesthetic," said Gough.

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Architizer

MARCH 7, 2024

At some point in the school year, a student in my AP Literature class will ask the dreaded question: what is “Modernism?” The jagged lines and collapsed perspective anticipate the visual style of “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1920). A conceptual preliminary sketch of the set design by Walter Röhrig.

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ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Despite being often relegated to a genre of music, Jazz has throughout its history, challenged any attempts to bind it down to a definition. Yet, despite its constant metamorphosis and hard to pin down definition, Jazz has the quaint quality of being instantly recognized. . to express the design fully. Eligibility.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Granted, not all buildings should have a book devoted to them, but definitely more than have been given the case-study treatment. My favorites tend toward the last: an abundance of visual information accompanied by input from both creators and critics.

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Shades of Grey

MAY 29, 2022

He was a student in Cape Town. I like to draw with Revit which allows me to incorporate 3d and data into my sketch. So in a way, the sketching and note scribbling of my youth has coevolved with the digital era. Visual thinking + learning by doing. I’m not just talking to myself. Here’s the Gotland churches sheet.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 28, 2016

There were sketching posts, technical posts, career advice posts, and general observation type posts … none of which represented a category of runaway favorites, but they definitely had their own “user” group. What about your sketching? That’s what architecture students do, they build models.

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Sketching Architect Information Housing 75

Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

For those in this situation, and even for those who do have an architecture background, here’s my advice: In the summer before starting school, spend a ton of time in the library, and an equal amount of time visiting buildings, sketching, and going to lectures and events. Pay attention to the built environment around you. Because it is.

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Young Architect

APRIL 1, 2022

For those in this situation, and even for those who do have an architecture background, here’s my advice: In the summer before starting school, spend a ton of time in the library, and an equal amount of time visiting buildings, sketching, and going to lectures and events. Honestly, just pay attention to the built environment around you.

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ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

People enjoy what technology brings, surfing the Internet on their smartphones or tablets and watching high-definition movies on their televisions at home. Try using comprehensive presentation techniques; use images, illustrations, sketches, views, diagrams, text, etc. All students and professionals can participate in the competitions.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

After my trademarked exhaustive research, I am happy to report definitively that the winner is … it’s a tie. While this would get more use by an architect that tends to sketch more, I still believe that it is useful to any architect. At some point, I think we all need to overlay a few items and coordinate.

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Architect Sketching Residential Concept 94

Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 19, 2022

Adriana Hall, Student ASLA. A mentoring setup helps to mitigate this distance, but there’s something to be said for across-the-table discussion and working, sketching, iterating, etc. Aravena: Yes, definitely have to double down on what Jenn is getting at. Principal and design director, Arbolope Studio, St. Jeff Cutler.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 31, 2016

That’s what architecture students did, they built models. They are both terrific and both have a role to play; I receive enough emails relating to hand sketching ( old architects ) versus computer drawing ( young architects ) that I think I have my finger on the pulse on how that argument plays out. But a physical model?

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2017

If you are an architectural student – or a young architecture school graduate – Architectural Portfolios are extremely important. Manipulating digital images for college students just wasn’t an option. This is the tool that will play THE key role in getting a job … the right sort of job.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In what has become an annual “must write” post, I present to you THE definitive list of “What to Get an Architect for Christmas.” If I ever saw something that an architecture student needed, this is it. A Visual Dictionary of Architecture – $40 by Francis D. B O O K S ! ! ! They are all that good.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 28, 2015

In fact, I generally don’t like dressing up in a costume and I definitely don’t like putting stuff on my face. I’m not just some guy in the next cubicle, I am a professional, extensively trained in the visual arts and clearly, my skills have advance beyond carving pumpkins. At least that’s what I tell myself.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 29, 2022

In addition to the college students they teach, children seem to be a primary target audience for their work. Straub typically makes the early sketches for a project, which Thurmayr then shepherds through design development and construction drawings. Rather, their style of visual representation at times borders on fine art.

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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. Love the sketches too. As a student, we do not see things such as this! If you can’t read drawings, hopefully my explanation will be good enough for you to understand. Thanks Bob.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 23, 2014

my internet explorer history ) and peer feedback ( I asked the people in my office ) I have created the definitive listing of the Best Architectural Websites in the World for 2014. It is crisp,visually clean, and completely transparent in all things associated with the work the firm is currently taking on.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The education of an architect intentionally and systematically breaks down the creative process “baggage” and untrained habits of their students, and then starts the process of rebuilding that process in a non-stigmatized environment. Derek Fordé I’m definitely a dreamer. a bus depot.) Probably too much so.

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Architecture Quote

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Straightforwardly and visually, monday.com comes in handy as the ultimate project management tool for any architecture design firm. Architects can find this useful once transferring large renderings or visualizations. The company offers discounts for students and educators. All file formats( STL, OBJ., and sizes are supported.

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Architizer

MARCH 3, 2022

While this represents progress, both gender and racial inequality and discrimination remains widespread in the architecture industry , from student bodies and educational institutions right through to professional organizations and the workplace as a whole. Find out more about the jury here. Anna Maria Bordas. Keely Colcleugh.

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Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 101

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

I think through drawing and sketching, for others they might turn towards computer software … I don’t really care. I’m a 20 year old architecture student from India and I do believe I’m going through an identity crisis, right in the midst of my submissions too! I know I believe it. Alan Manning Great!

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

My office’s models tend to be study-work-in-progress, since I’m faster with an Xacto than perspective – and I detest how so many of my boss’s sketches faked the scale, and other sketches left a wall out and misled the observer/client. lancotf Great design. It looks like a blast!

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 10, 2018

You’ll definitely encounter them at events, a walk through for a potential project, interviews for a project, and simply walking around the neighborhood. Pull out a large sheet of paper and begin sketching out a strategic plan for how your business will be managed and grow. Develop a strategic plan for your business.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 20, 2013

I still enjoy getting out my lead holders and tools to sketch new product ideas. As soon as I start managing a project under construction, I’ll definitely post more construction photos. We don’t want the existing stuff to be visually more dominate than the new stuff. I teach my students the same values.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 30, 2014

Robbie Darling Bob I am an architecture student, and recently I got to design a small dwelling, which included its own small kitchen. My wife is really anxious for me to move from the discussing and sketching phase into the construction document phase. I’m really interested to see how you approach this! Can’t wait for it.

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