Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days.

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Sketching Architect Architecture Technique 111

Deezen

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Throughout the course, students will explore functional and aesthetic mastery, focus on a user-centric approach, develop contextual awareness and emphasize sustainability and ethics in their designs. The graduation project equips students with the skills, knowledge and confidence needed to thrive in the dynamic world of interior design."

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Students Interior Project Design 111

Community Architect Daily

JULY 5, 2022

Can a developer be forced to develop a vacant lot? A lot that is only vacant because the developer decided to purchase and demolish a historic theater venue? A lot that has been sitting in the defunct status for 17 years, ever since the developer acquired it? It’s time to put up or shut up. Not these days, anyhow.

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Development Developer Cities Site 86

Architizer

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Architizer’s Tech Directory is a database of tech tools for architects — from the latest generative design and AI to rendering and visualization , 3D modeling , project management and many more. It is a piece of technology that greatly encourages collaborative architectural practices, offering a holistic approach to design projects.

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Architect Sketching Architecture Utilities 125

Deezen

JULY 29, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: a museum redevelopment project informed by the history of animation is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at London South Bank University. Year one design studio focuses on sketching, model-making, drawing, and site and building visits.

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Students Architecture Student Project Architecture 98

Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Winsth and Lervik developed the design through a series of virtual design sessions. Instead of meeting in person, they would put on virtual reality (VR) goggles and come together via the digital platform Gravity Sketch. The bulbous shapes were created through a process of manual pressure turning.

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Sketching Design Manufacturing Technology 144

EntreArchitect

MAY 30, 2017

Sketching The Hopes and Dreams of My Future. Luckily, the “code police” cannot go back in time to penalize me as the project architect. I designed it to have a fireman’s pole too, but that was “value engineered” out of the project by my mom. Using Architect Sketches to Persuade and Convince. I loved that room.

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Sketching Small Firm Client Clients 52

Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Project Status: Built. Architizer chatted with Patrice Gruner, Founder & CEO at GRUNER&FRIENDS , to learn more about this project. Patrice Gruner: A book with a world map inspired me to sketch up the concept for the client. What do you believe is the most unique or ‘standout’ component of the project?

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Development Developer Client Clients 70

Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Lenovo describes the ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop Concept – also referred to as Project Crystal – as "the industry's first laptop with a 17.3-inch Instead of physical buttons, keys are projected onto this smooth, flat surface of nano-optical glass. inch Micro-LED transparent display".

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Industrial Sketching Technology Technology 145

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

MAY 5, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a photography project that explores feelings of nostalgia and a restaurant design that contrasts rustic and contemporary elements are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kendall College of Art and Design. After drawing composition sketches, I do more research in preparation for detailed drawing. "I

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Students Art Project Sketching 98

Architizer

MAY 10, 2022

The research part is something I quite like in every project as it can give core and meaning. Then I made a mood board with some reference pictures and did a few sketches. Once I got one that really fits my taste/idea, I made a quick photobash sketch. Yes, I used Blender, Cycles and Photoshop which are usually my main tools.

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Photoshop Development Developer Sketching 90

Urban Realm

JULY 10, 2022

An initial sketch has been developed to seed discussion around the finished form of both the square and around 2.5 kilometres of the surrounding streets in what is the George Square Area Project. A final public engagement exercise on the future design of George Square and the surrounding Avenues has begun.

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Consulting Environment Sketching Finishes 137

Deezen

AUGUST 4, 2022

This year the graduates were able to develop and make work showcasing a responsibility to the industry, especially new ways around sustainability and repurposing. Focusing on the idea of perception and truth, the Invisible Cities Exhibition project aims to address how people's perceptions can be misleading to create false senses of reality.

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Students Project Technique Design 98

aasarchitecture

AUGUST 4, 2022

MAD Architects, led by Ma Yansong, has completed its first built project “UNIC” in Europe. It is a thirteen-story apartment complex in the newly developed neighborhood of Clichy-Batignolles in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, France. Baiziwan Social Housing project is an extension of MAD’s vision of ideal living.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2023

The exhibition, which according to the Norman Foster Foundation is the largest-ever retrospective display of Foster's work, features around 130 of the architect's projects including the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters , Hong Kong International Airport and Apple Park.

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Sketching Foundation Masterplanning Sustainability 126

Shades of Grey

MAY 12, 2024

I saved a bunch of snapshots and then decided to do rapid sketch overs. Partly aimed at developing my sketching skills on the Microsoft Surface by the way. These sketches are from a history project. The idea of a BIM sketch is very appealing to me, but it's hard to pull off. It's not a deep study.

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Sketching Students Cities Client 52

Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

In addition to learning core design and research skills, students work on live projects throughout the course. The Interior Design course allows students create dynamic and thought-provoking interior environments, developing practical skills, creating imaginative spaces that meet the needs and enrich the experience of modern life.

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Students Art Project Design 111

Life of an Architect

MAY 5, 2024

I can draft them, I can sketch them, I can get on a computer and use software like Revit (well, I can’t use Revit), AutoCAD, or whatever your drafting software of choice might be. Sketching, drafting, 3dmodeling, rendering, I've talked about all of it at one time or another but there are some particular moments that stand out for me.

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Sketching Contractor Residential Site 72

The Spaces

MAY 25, 2023

Sketches and models of iconic Norman Foster buildings, as well as design pieces that inspired the British architect, form a major new Paris exhibition. The show, entitled Norman Foster, unfolds over more than 2,000 sqm and 100+ projects, which speak to Foster’s output and influence over the past five decades.

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Sketching Inspiration Firms Development 83

Architizer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Architizer’s Tech Directory is a database of tech tools for architects — from the latest generative design and AI to rendering and visualization , 3D modeling , project management and many more. has the ability to convert it into numerous visualization styles: from day to night shots and from sketches to realistic imagery.

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Visualization Sketching Architecture Technology 120

Deezen

JUNE 20, 2022

First, the project must have relevance to the student in order to sustain the passion required for a year-long investigation. Second, the project must engage with an issue or need in the local community in which the project is based. Third, the project should invite interest from the larger interior design community.

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Interior Project Students Design 98

SW Oregon Architect

APRIL 2, 2023

What caught my eye was a collection of his stunning images of Art Deco towers, part of a larger project to document historic skyscrapers across the USA entitled the Highrises Collection. Chris’s visual art developed alongside his growing skills as a designer, and this architectural influence is integral to his work.

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Sketching Art Visualization Architecture School 188

Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read more about the "vanishing" energy savings from insulation › Image courtesy of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund February – Saudi Arabia unveils giant cube-shaped supertall skyscraper for downtown Riyadh In February, the Saudi Arabian government announced yet another giga project.

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Architecture Design Sketching Masterplanning 132

Deezen

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Almanach exhibition, which is the inaugural research project led by the foundation 's director Anne-Claire Duprat, centres on production and processes that can be used to develop creative practices. But the project is also primarily about sharing," the foundation said. "As

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Foundation Building Sketching Technique 98

Lines on Paper

DECEMBER 22, 2023

He had since worked in a large commercial firm before becoming the Design Architect for a large developer in Kuching. He rang yesterday asking about a former project we worked on, I mentioned that we have some ideas which we can discuss over lunch the following day (today).

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Sketching Client Clients Commercial 52

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

A digital model created either in SketchUp, Blender or Rhino is also required, alongside a hand-drawn sketch of the home. The competition also calls for an artwork of the home in any medium, a short piece of text describing the project and a one-to-three-minute video describing the installation process.

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Students Sketching Architecture School Sustainability 116

Deezen

APRIL 18, 2024

Photos sit in large handmade screens After taking a couple of weeks to come up with an idea, Lynch came back with a sketch for A Thinking Room that was sent to the famous theatre Piccolo Teatro in Milan. "When I went to visit him he was polishing a desk and I said what are you doing? And he said, 'I do furniture. I build furniture.'"

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Sketching Installation Design Events 122

Community Architect Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

UDAAP minutes of 11/16/23: How do the streets to the north intersect with the project? How does that edge interact with the development? There is quite a bit of work left ahead for this project. UDAAP usually wants to see and participate in how a project evolves. The team has not shared what happens at these key nodes.

Sketching 87

Sketching Design Masterplanning Concept 87

Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Read more about the "vanishing" energy savings from insulation › Image courtesy of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund February – Saudi Arabia unveils giant cube-shaped supertall skyscraper for downtown Riyadh In February, the Saudi Arabian government announced yet another giga project.

Architecture 119

Architecture Design Sketching Masterplanning 119

Deezen

JUNE 20, 2023

Never has there been a holistic transformation, and this project gave the opportunity to do that," Purcell chairperson Liz Smith told Dezeen on a tour of the building. Finishing touches to the project include the uncovering and repairs to terrazzo flooring dating back to 1896. The galleries have been revamped.

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Sketching Renovation Windows Remodeling 122

Lines on Paper

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

I thought I'd have a nice quiet morning to sketch and design, but phone calls came - for us to brief Mint, the Thai landscape architect about our mixed development project. It screws up my lunch plans, especially when they arrive late and invites me for a meat-y lunch downstairs - I ask Sean to join us.

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Sketching Landscape Development Developer 52

ArchiDiaries

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

E-fill, organized by UNI, is a competition to design a Recycle and skill development center for e-waste management and awareness. The reason is that the number of appliances entering the market every year is increasing in developed as well as developing countries. . Technological waste. The world generated 53.6 million tonnes.

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Development Developer Management Students 52

Community Architect Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

The update has been in the making for a while and becomes more urgent every time another large project pops up that would benefit from a guiding framework plan, most recently the MCB proposed HarborPlace development. Each table had a moderator, sketch paper and a map at the ready in the usual charrette manner.

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Sketching Estimating Cities Development 89

Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Oksýs is a limited-edition furniture object created to complement Pininfarina 's recent move into branded residential projects, such as its Cyrela development in the Brazilian city of São Paulo. The product's development followed a similar process to the one used to generate Pininfarina's skyscrapers or car designs.

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Sketching Information Manufacturing Residential 52

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

Jubail is a major industrial center; in fact, it is one of the largest industrial cities—and was once dubbed the largest civil engineering project—in the world, since its designation as a focus for Saudi industrial development in 1975. After industry comes quality of life in the era of urban development. Photo by Susannah Bothe.

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Sketching Landscape Client Clients 85

Architizer

JANUARY 23, 2024

Architizer’s Tech Directory is a database of tech tools for architects — from the latest generative design and AI to rendering and visualization , 3D modeling , project management and many more. Respectively, AI software has been developed to revolutionize the imaginative and data-driven aspects of architectural design.

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Architecture Sketching Design Concept 87