Lines on Paper

JUNE 12, 2021

In recent years this part of a student’s education takes place at the end of 2 nd Year (3 months), and also at the end of 3 rd Year (3 months). When put this way, it doesn't sound very interesting or educational at all. l Your portfolio which should contain a few select projects that best describe you, your design interest and skills.

Education 52

Education Architecture Students Firms 52

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Despite knowing it was coming for me, I decided to post one of my recent sketches to Instagram and Facebook … and I was murdered. Here was the sketch that got me murdered. Since I tend to sketch when I talk, drawings and diagrams are created in real-time, right in front of the client, that reflect our conversation.

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Sketching Project Schematic Design Diagram 108

Landscape Architecture Magazine

JUNE 16, 2022

A sketch of the Saudi Arabian coastal park shows the density of programming flowing across drawing types. The park was designed by the Salem, Massachusetts, office of Landworks Studio, founded by the principal Michael Blier, FASLA, in 1996. Many people can design in plan, and in fact, most people do. Photo by Susannah Bothe.

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Sketching Landscape Client Clients 83

Life of an Architect

JULY 6, 2014

As I was sitting there with the clients going through the process, I mentioned that we were “diagramming” the house and that it was great that the clients felt comfortable enough to take the pen and sketch out their own ideas as we were talking through the creative process. The problem here is not Schematics but Semantics.

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Schematic Design Sketching Design Diagram 97

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

I spent a few days last week redlining the drawings for the house that I used in my “ Sketching during Schematic Design ” post a few months back and thought it would be a good time to introduce the practice of redlining drawings in an architectural office as well as clarify my thoughts on what I think redlines are and what they are not.

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Architecture Schematic Design Technique Client 104

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. Born and educated in Tokyo, Yoko Fujii is a graduate of Japan Women’s University.

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Architecture Firms Inspiration Education 102

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

6:45am I had to sketch out a quick graphic image for my annual “ What to Get an Architect for Christmas ” post. A Christmas ornament seemed Christmas-y enough so I sketched it up, took a picture of it with my phone, brought it into Photoshop where I added some color, and then *BOOM* … the graphic was created.

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Architect Sketching Small Firm Client 94