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Tech for Architects: 7 Top BIM Tools for Architectural Design

Architizer

It has a simple and straightforward interface, which allows architects to effortlessly turn a sketch into a fully realized design. Specifically used for concept design, Codesign offers tools such as rapid sketching, interactive 3D modeling as well as data-driven design — all through an iPad screen.

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Schematic Design – This isn’t “Architecture”

Life of an Architect

What was pretty cool was that my pen started being passed around the table as everyone started to get in on the sketching action. I’ve said it on many occasions, I am just “okay” at sketching but I am able to get my point across in real-time. Your house will not look like this.”

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Competitions: 'THE GARDEN OF PLANTS'

Bustler

PHASE 1- IDEA The designers are asked to illustrate their projectual idea for a garden in the form they prefer through a synthetic dossier that describes a concept, adding a title and a short explanatory text with reference images and evocative sketches capable of conveying a botanical vision and idea.

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Cast Away 2.0 | Winter Retreat

ArchiDiaries

percent annually, more than twice as fast as normal tourism, and this percentage is estimated to rise by 2022. . However, these practices urge us to disconnect, to connect, to leave behind our comfort zones for a while, and to experience the unknown. Statistics show from 2015-107 wellness tourism has grown 6.5 Eligibility.

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Explorers at Home

Landscape Architecture Magazine

We were in a big sunny clearing near the entrance zone in the Upper Garden, where there is a neat compound of small work buildings and greenhouses surrounded on three sides by dark curtains of conifers. An early hand sketch by Richard Hartlage, Affiliate ASLA, of planting for the Pollinator and Habitat Garden. Courtesy Land Morphology.

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How to achieve cost-effective kindergarten classrooms

BD+C

Compared to the classroom for older students, the ideal kindergarten classroom is larger and offers more zones for play-based learning. The extra space allows for hands-on learning zones (e.g., It doesn’t have to take much time or include fancy sketches or renderings—this can be purely a functional overview.

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Better Project Management for Small Firm Architects

EntreArchitect

Before we grab the roll of trace and start sketching with the Sharpie, we gather as much information about the users of our buildings as possible. Estimate often. When we present our Schematic Designs we prepare rough, cost per square foot, cost estimates attached to each scheme. Tweet This! ). Don’t give your services away.