BD+C
MAY 12, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic forced 98% of all public libraries across the United States to close in April ( American Library Association ). While we miss our libraries, it’s been inspiring to see the creativity and dedication library workers have shown as they’ve taken steps to continue serving the public beyond the doors of the library.
Life of an Architect
MAY 7, 2020
Let’s take a minute and discuss some typical styles of fashion for the architecture profession. I am almost always amazed, amused, and even envious of many of my fellow architects and their sense of fashion or even lack thereof. I love it when groups of architects join together as it is a parade of styles and outfits that become a feast for my eyes.
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Jane Griswold Radocchia
MAY 31, 2020
Owen Biddle's pattern book The Young Carpenter's Assistant was published in Philadelphia in 1805. I am rereading it , looking especially at his use of Practical Geometry. His first drawings, A and B, on Plate 1 are a plan and section of a drafting board. His instructions include how to construct the frame and the panel, and how to locate the small wood buttons which will keep the dampened paper in place while it dries by the fireplace to become "smooth as a drum head".* Drawing C is a T Square w
30X40 Design Workshop
MAY 31, 2020
We can build a home from a set of five drawings or a set of fifty, one provides a lot more control over the finished product. Whether your plan set is five or fifty, one of the must-have drawings is an electrical plan. Follow along in this video as I design + draw the architectural lighting plan for the Outpost project. An electrical plan is an essential drawing in every architect’s toolbox, it shows the fixture types, switching, receptacle locations, all the necessary electrical devices + equip
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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?
Stephen B Chambers Architects
MAY 21, 2020
Robbie Mahtook, Lafayette attorney and owner of A. Hays Town home, originally owned and built by Horace Rickey. By Stephanie M. Chambers. A. Hays Town: The Mahtook Residence in Lafayette, Louisiana. While in Louisiana this spring to study the residential architecture of A. Hays Town, Texas architect Steve Chambers spent several days in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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BD+C
MAY 6, 2020
Bringing people back downtown and to shopping streets will require confidence that the health crisis is abating, and a future outbreak will be minimized. States are now starting to re-open retail, and California Governor Gavin Newsom announced this week that California is moving to Phase Two of the State’s re-opening strategy, which includes some retail stores, with restrictions. .
Life of an Architect
MAY 10, 2020
For every architect and designer, there are objects out there that resonate for them in a profound manner and can even shape their design philosophies. These can be buildings, products – even materials – but no matter what you call them, they are "Objects of Design". Continue reading 049: Objects of Design at Life of an Architect.
Jane Griswold Radocchia
MAY 12, 2020
I have not measured nor carefully checked the brackets for their construction. The House is not open during this time of the corona virus. I will go another time. The architect's perspective drawings of the House are part of the House' collection. I am curious to see if the bracket design is visible, and whether working drawings for the house exist.
A Better Built Environment
MAY 8, 2020
For the past 20 years the world progressively became smaller. I lived and worked in cities around the world from Montreal to Bangkok, Shanghai to Eugene, Berlin to Portland and now New York City. In each location I also traveled frequently for both work and pleasure. Exotic destinations were just a couple fights away. I could wake up in Portland, hop on a plane, watch a few movies and land in Tokyo.
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architect design™
MAY 4, 2020
Claude Nicolas Ledoux has always been one of my favorite architects but finding information about him is a struggle. The few books written on him are hard to find and incredibly expensive. The little that is left of his built-work is in France of course so not easy for me to get to. Recently Ashley Hicks had a 2-part talk about Ledoux which you can watch on his Instagram TV (link HERE ) showing a few projects I wasn't familiar with.
Applying Technology to Architecture
MAY 29, 2020
Revit 2020.2 release made a change to the Project Base Point that affected many users by removing the clip/unclip capability for it. Previous releases of Revit had a paper clip symbol that the user could see next to the Project Base Point symbol as shown below. While this clip feature is no longer part of […].
BD+C
MAY 26, 2020
Announced in a revised site plan approved by the City of Austin on April 29, Apple is adding a 75,500-sf, six-story hotel to its billion-dollar corporate campus that is currently under construction in Northwest Austin. The project comes as a bit of a surprise as the plans for the hotel were not included in the original site plans filed in December 2018, according to Culturemap Austin. .
Life of an Architect
MAY 25, 2020
We have special guest Marlon Blackwell, FAIA on the podcast today and if you are not intimately familiar with his work, I am excited to be in a position to share it with you. Marlon and I go back a long way and it seemed only fitting that we should finally ask him to be on the podcast. Continue reading 050: Talking Shop with Marlon Blackwell at Life of an Architect.
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Virginia Duran
MAY 19, 2020
Basel is Switzerland’s little secret. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel is a mecca for architects. One week before the world lockdown, I was gifted with the last chance to travel – not that anybody knew then what was coming, or the time it was going last.
Nicole Cullinan
MAY 21, 2020
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Archmark
MAY 31, 2020
Perfect Your LinkedIn Profile to Attract Your Best Clients & Projects. The Definitive Architecture Firm Marketing Guide. Attract Better Architecture Clients & Projects with Your LinkedIn Profile Part 1: The Definitive Guide to Architecture Firm Marketing on LinkedIn Have your clients or prospects ever made any of the following statements?: “We are just looking for a set of blueprints.
Community Architect
MAY 23, 2020
“The silver thread is broken, the golden bowl is shattered, the amphora of the fountain breaks, the bucket falls into the well” (Ecclesiastes 12:6) Are cities now on the Fritz, right after the age of cities had been declared? Have they "fallen into the well", is "the golden bowl shattered" for good? Widely held global truths have been turned upside down at warp speed, could the prediction that the global citizen will be urban turn out wrong as well?
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BD+C
MAY 18, 2020
Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, the AE firm Gresham Smith had a client in Tennessee that was in the process of consolidating 1,000 of its employees into an office building that already had 1,000 of its workers. This client “would never have discussed the words ‘free addresses’ or ‘shared desking,’” says Jack Weber, IIDA, LEED AP, the firm’s Senior Vice President and Design Principal.
Life of an Architect
MAY 19, 2020
I typically sketch through my ideas - a process that has remained steadfast over the entirety of my career - but I think we can agree that due to the corona-virus and the isolation mandates that we are definitely in uncharted waters. Continue reading Design Process – This is New for Me at Life of an Architect.
Virginia Duran
MAY 5, 2020
Oslo, hidden amongst mountains, is one of the least explored cities in Scandinavia – and also one of the most beautiful. From the new Opera House to Lambda Museum, one can find multiple architectural gems to delight the expert traveller.
Nicole Cullinan
MAY 31, 2020
I’ve always had a fascination with the idea of a soul mate. The mythical story told at Plato’s Symposium seems so romantic, the thought that one could possibly spend an eternity looking for their other half. Searching for your soulmate; the one who knows what you are thinking, the one who understands you, the one who will desire you forever. Photo credit Robert Doisneau.
Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director
Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.
BD+C
MAY 20, 2020
The SMTown Coex Atrium in Seoul, South Korea has a new art installation gracing the large LED screen that wraps the outside of the building. The screens, which were installed in 2018, are the largest outdoor, high-definition LED advertising screens in South Korea. .
BD+C
MAY 6, 2020
There are so many unanswered questions we are sorting through during this pandemic. The big one for me is: what will be the new normal in the post-COVID-19 world and to what extent will the way we interact with the built environment change? Unfortunately, this is a question that can’t be answered precisely right now and that is really tough for me as a practical, fact-based, to-the-point engineer.
BD+C
MAY 27, 2020
Tens of thousands of restaurants and hotel rooms in the U.S. have been vacant as a result of the novel coronavirus. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the leisure and hospitality sector lost 7.7 million jobs in April alone, with restaurants taking most of that hit, and the sector’s unemployment rate soared to 39%.
BD+C
MAY 18, 2020
Richard Rubin sees the current spate of empty hotels, motels, retail, and office spaces created by the pandemic as opportunities for adaptive reuse to affordable housing, which is in perennially short supply in many markets in the U.S. and around the world.
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