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‘Ellie the Elephant’ Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

Life of an Architect

Architects are known for their ability to see the entire problem and then to systematically go about solving that problem; it’s one of the traits that I find most admirable in the profession. The Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition is an event that brings out this trait during the process of designing what one the surface seems like a fairly straightforward problem – design a playhouse.

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3 Things All Successful Architects Have in Common

EntreArchitect

All successful architects have three things in common. They have patience. They have become masters at under-promising and they are all focused on being the very best at one thing. Patience. Anyone practicing architecture for more than a few months knows that patience is a prerequisite for success. An efficient process of architecture is all about choices and obtaining decisions from some clients takes the patience of a saint.

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From Zanzibar to the Shrine of the Black Madonna

A Detroit Architect's Journal

Part 7 of 13 in our journey from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo (Connecting Landmarks in Michigan and African History) The diverse colors of Africa As an African-American I've always want to travel to Africa; to somehow re-trace the steps of my ancestors. I've even had the strange experience of being mistaken for a Somalian (until I opened my mouth). As a child, while classmates could call themselves Irish, or German , my roots were tied to an entire continent.

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The ‘Fun Guard Beach House’ – Winner’s Profile

Life of an Architect

Today is the second day where we are featuring the individuals who entered the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition and had their playhouse submissions selected from hundreds of spectacular entires submitted for consideration. This week we will take an up close and personal look at each of the three winning playhouse entries and the designer behind them.

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Architectural Visualization Trends and the Rise of AI

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?

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‘The Reading Room’ Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

Life of an Architect

This week we have taken an up close and personal look at each of the three winning playhouse entries and the designer behind them. Today, we are looking at “The Reading Room” Playhouse designed by Tyler Murph , who actually lives here in Dallas, Texas (same as me!) but surprisingly, we have never met one another before. Today is the final day where we are featuring the individuals who entered the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition and had their playhouse selected from hundre